The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment - Hopkins Open Publishing Encore Editions

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Publisher's Synopsis

Originally published in 1965. The Right to Vote covers the immediate background, passage, and ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Gillette contends that the Fifteenth Amendment was intended to give voting rights to African Americans in the north, sidelining those in the south. African American suffrage, in other words, had the pragmatic effect of bringing power to the Republicans of the north. In short, the Fifteenth Amendment was not a radical document but rather was pushed by Republican moderates in an effort to consolidate their power.

Book information

ISBN: 9781421432342
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 324.62
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 206
Weight: 322g
Height: 151mm
Width: 230mm
Spine width: 12mm