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Black suffrage was a crucial and volatile issue in the North during the Civil War era. In The Politics of Race in New York, Phyllis F. Field studies the development of racial policies in the Empire State. Asserting that it is not possible to understand the move toward black suffrage by examining national trends and the actions of individual politicians, she takes a close look at the social context of reform.
Field assesses popular reaction to the idea of black suffrage by systematically analyzing the results of a series of referenda on the issue held in New York State between 1846 and 1869. Tracing the relation between changes in public opinion and the positions taken by political parties, Field concludes that party leaders tried both to express the views of their constituents and to mold those views so as to strengthen and unify their own political organizations. Inevitably, this intrusion of political considerations in the issue of race had long-term consequences for the process of social change in the United States.
The Politics of Race in New York shows clearly how, in 1870, black suffrage could be achieved even though the battle for black equality had yet to begin.
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Vicki Ramsey
reviewed The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era on April 16, 2016
The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era
I remember John Brown from high school history class as some weird crazy, quasi-terrorist man who killed people to free the slaves. Yet it wasn't until I read the conclusion to this book that I put it all into perspective:
"Had Brown been an escaped slave or a free northern black man who acted and spoke exactly as the historical John Brown did, professional historians of the last fifty years would not have labeled him mad. Radical, militant, enraged, desperate, impatient, self-aggrandizing, perhaps--but not crazy... A man who lived, went to war, and died to help win black people's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must have been black. A white man who did these things must have been deranged or fanatical."
And the author is right. John Brown is not exactly a white knight, but history must label him a crazy weirdo because why would anyone be willing to die for the rights of a different group of people?
I think humanity is becoming more empathetic as the generations progress. John Brown, a white man, fought and died for the rights of black people to become free. After men supporting the second and third waves of feminism, whites marching on Selma in the 1960s, and heterosexuals supporting gay marriage initiatives in record numbers these days, it's becoming abundantly clear that one doesn't need to belong to a specific class to fight for the rights of that class. Because as Solomon Burke said, if one of us is chained, none of us are free.
This book does a great job putting John Brown into full perspective and should be required reading for high school history/sociology classes.
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