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James Milton Turner, Missouri's most prominent nineteenth-century African American political figure, possessed a deep faith in America. The Civil War, he believed, had purged the land of its sins and allowed the country to realize what had always been its promise: the creation of a social and political environment in which merit, not race, mattered.<br> <br> Born a slave, Turner gained freedom when he was a child and received his education in clandestine St. Louis schools, later briefly attendin

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Author

Gary R. Kremer

Publisher

University of Missouri Press

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826222251

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Updated

2026-03-25