Undaunted Radical: The Selected Writings and Speeches of Albion W. Tourgee (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) by Editor-Mark Elliott; Editor-John David Smith - 2010-04-15

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 416 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. A leading proponent of racial equality in the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century, Albion W. Tourgee (1838-1905) served as the most articulate spokesman of the radical wing of the Republican party, and he continued to advocate for its egalitarian ideals long after Reconstruction ended. Undaunted Radical presents Tourgee's most significant letters, speeches, and essays from the commencement of Radical Reconstruction through the bleak days of the era of Jim Crow. An Ohioan by birth, Tourgee served in the Union army and afterwards moved to North Carolina, where he helped draft the 1868 state constitution. Within that and other documents he proposed free public education, the abolition of whipping posts, the end of property qualifications for jury duty and office holding, and the initiation of judicial reform and uniform taxation. Tourgee also served as a Republican-installed superior court judge, a position that brought him into increasing… Read More

LSU Press, 2010-04-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!