Freedom's dominion : a saga of white resistance to federal power /
Cowie, Jefferson,
Freedom's dominion : a saga of white resistance to federal power / Jefferson Cowie. - First edition. - x, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-479) and index.
Introduction: George Wallace and American freedom -- Book one: Land. Marshall Crawford's orders; Land, liberty, and Jackson; The killing of Hardeman Owens; The compromise of Francis Scott Key; Uprising -- Book two: Citizenship. Igniting a wall of fire; "Destroying freedom and liberty"; The Greeley gamble and the dueling dual legislatures of 1872; The white line: afternoon, election day 1874; The fate of the scalawag: evening, election day 1874 -- Book three: Federal power in repose. The prison mines; White oligarchy as Jeffersonian democracy; Lynching as an act of freedom; A new deal for southside?; The bourbon from barbour -- Book four: Democracy. The fightin' judge; The albert street club; From clayton to the nation; The SCOPE of freedom; The vote is not enough; The northern strategy.
A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal.
9781541672802 1541672801
bl2022036570
White supremacy movements--History.--United States
White supremacy movements--History.--Alabama--Barbour County
Civil rights--History.--United States
Civil rights--History.--Alabama--Barbour County
Liberty--Political aspects--United States.
Liberty--Political aspects--Alabama--Barbour County.
White people--Attitudes.--United States
United States--Race relations--History.
Barbour County (Ala.)--Race relations--History.
Barbour County (Ala.)--History.
Freedom's dominion : a saga of white resistance to federal power / Jefferson Cowie. - First edition. - x, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-479) and index.
Introduction: George Wallace and American freedom -- Book one: Land. Marshall Crawford's orders; Land, liberty, and Jackson; The killing of Hardeman Owens; The compromise of Francis Scott Key; Uprising -- Book two: Citizenship. Igniting a wall of fire; "Destroying freedom and liberty"; The Greeley gamble and the dueling dual legislatures of 1872; The white line: afternoon, election day 1874; The fate of the scalawag: evening, election day 1874 -- Book three: Federal power in repose. The prison mines; White oligarchy as Jeffersonian democracy; Lynching as an act of freedom; A new deal for southside?; The bourbon from barbour -- Book four: Democracy. The fightin' judge; The albert street club; From clayton to the nation; The SCOPE of freedom; The vote is not enough; The northern strategy.
A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal.
9781541672802 1541672801
bl2022036570
White supremacy movements--History.--United States
White supremacy movements--History.--Alabama--Barbour County
Civil rights--History.--United States
Civil rights--History.--Alabama--Barbour County
Liberty--Political aspects--United States.
Liberty--Political aspects--Alabama--Barbour County.
White people--Attitudes.--United States
United States--Race relations--History.
Barbour County (Ala.)--Race relations--History.
Barbour County (Ala.)--History.