Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2004)
In 1821, New York's political leaders met for over two months to rewrite the state's constitution. The new document secured the right to vote for the great mass of white men while denying all but the wealthiest African-American men access to the polls.
Jim Crow New York introduces students and scholars alike to this watershed event in American political life. This action crystallized the paradoxes of free black citizenship, not only in the North but throughout the nation: African Americans living in New York would no longer be slaves. But would they be citizens?
Jim Crow New York provides readers with both scholarly analysis and access to a series of extraordinary documents, including extensive excerpts from the resonant speeches made at New York's 1821 constitutional convention and additional documents which recover a diversity of voices, from lawmakers to African-American community leaders, from newspaper editors to activists. The text is further enhanced by extensive introductory essays and headnotes, maps, illustrations, and a detailed bibliographic essay.

Author: David N. Gellman
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 06/01/2003
Pages: 353
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.36w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780814731505

Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2004 pg. 40
Choice 02/01/2004 pg. 1141

About the Author
Gellman, David N.: - David N. Gellman is Associate Professor of History at DePauw University.Quigley, David: - David Quigley is Associate Professor of History at Boston College.