A free man of color and his hotel : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman
- Author
- Gelderman, Carol W.
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
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- Contents
- What Might Have Been : James Wormley's Life to the Opening of his Eponymous Hotel -- Grant's Second Administration and Needed Reform : The Issue of the 1876 Election and Wormley's Continued Success -- In the Blink of an Eye : Growing and Receding Federal Protection of Civil Rights and Wormley's Generosity in Helping Others of his Race -- Election -- We, the Other People -- Resolution of Election -- States' Rights Ride Supreme and the Closing of the Wormley Hotel -- Epilogue: Then and Now.
- Summary
- The amazing story of a nineteenth-century businessman, Reconstruction, and the Constitution.
- Subject(s)
- Wormley, James, 1819-1884
- Wormley Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- 1800-1899
- Free African Americans—Washington (D.C.)—Biography
- African Americans—Washington (D.C.)—Biography
- Hotelkeepers—Washington (D.C.)—Biography
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)—Washington (D.C.)
- African Americans—Segregation—History—19th century
- African Americans—Government policy—History—19th century
- Noirs américains affranchis—Washington (D.C.)—Biographies
- Noirs américains—Washington (D.C.)—Biographies
- Hôteliers—Washington (D.C.)—Biographies
- Noirs américains—Ségrégation—Histoire—19e siècle
- Noirs américains—Politique gouvernementale—Histoire—19e siècle
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Small Business
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- African Americans
- African Americans—Government policy
- African Americans—Segregation
- Free African Americans
- Hotelkeepers
- Race relations
- Washington (D.C.)—Biography
- Washington (D.C.)—Race relations—History—19th century
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781597978347 (electronic bk.)
1597978345 (electronic bk.)
9781597978330
1597978337 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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