Slavery and Racism in American Politics, 1776-1876

Cover
Table of Contents
Foreword by Ken West
Preface
Part I: Slavery, Political Parties, and the Supreme Court
	1. A Pill Too Bitter to Swallow
		The Presentation of a Complex History
		Racism in Context
		Jim Crow
	2. The Most Oppressive Dominion
		Slavery in the New World
		The ­Three-Fifths Compromise
		The Slave Power
		The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
		The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
		The Slave Trade Act of 1794
		Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807
		The Missouri Compromise
		The Wilmot Proviso
		The Compromise of 1850
		Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
		Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854
		The Ostend Manifesto
	3. The Greatest Political Evil
		The First Party System
		The Federalist Party
		The Emergence of the Whig Party
		The Free Soil Party
		Founders’ Concerns About a Party System
		The Era of Good Feelings
		Democracy and Andrew Jackson
		The Second Party System
		A Change in Political Climate
		Republicans from 1854 to 1860
		The Know Nothing Movement
		The Opposition Party and the Constitutional Union Party
		The Election of 1860
	4. “A Slave, and Not a Citizen.”
		­Slavery-Related Cases and the Supreme Court
		The Nullification Battle
		McCullough v. Maryland
		Gibbons v. Ogden
		The Antelope
		Roger B. Taney
		New York v. Miln
		The Amistad
		“Unless Prohibited By State Legislation”
		Strader v. Graham
		Dred Scott v. Sandford
		Ableman v. Booth
		Unintended Consequences
		Slavery and Racism in Context
Part II: Politics During the Civil War Years
	5. Let Us Cross Over the River
		The Secession Movement in South Carolina
		The Crittenden Compromise
		The Struggle Toward Secession
		Virginia’s Debate
		Lincoln’s Policies in 1861
		The Rise of the Copperheads
		Controversy About Secession and Slavery
		Suspension of Habeas Corpus
		Copperhead Editorials on Slavery
	6. The Age of the Copperheads, 1862–1863
		The Evolution of a Struggle: 1862
		Copperhead Racism in the North
		Lincoln’s Decision: The Emancipation Proclamation
		Copperhead Reaction
		The Copperhead Response
		The Intellectual Arm of the Copperheads
		­Pro-Lincoln Responses
		The Enrollment Act
		Growing Copperhead Strength
		A Change in Sentiment
	7. Copperhead Resistance, 1864–1865
		Possible Replacement Candidates for Lincoln
		Southern Economic Problems in 1864
		The Party Platforms
		Conspiracy in 1864 by Copperhead Groups
		Confederate Efforts at Negotiating Peace
		The Political Climate in 1864
		Political Responses to Lincoln’s Victory
		­Post-Election Conditions and the Thirteenth Amendment
Part III: Politics During Reconstruction
	8. Parties in Conflict—The Johnson Administration
		Andrew Johnson and the ­Post-War Era
		The New Administration and the South
		The Freedmen’s Bureau Bill
		Black Codes in 1865 and 1866
		The Civil Rights Act of 1866
		Johnson’s Loyalty to the Democrats
		Concerns Among Democrats
		The Election of 1868
	9. Presidents Grant and Hayes and the Ku Klux Klan
		President Grant’s Election
		Origins of Secret Societies in the U.S.
		The Klan’s Purpose Evolves
		The Klan As an Underground Terrorist Organization
		Grant’s Second Administration
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index