An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C. by Kate Masur

An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C.

Kate Masur

364 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipa...

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