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CONTENTS 8 ILLUSTRATIONS 10 PREFACE. “There Was No Color Line There” 12 1. “A CONTINUAL TORMENT TO ME” 24 INTERLUDE 1. The Office 44 2. “THE POLITICAL WONDERS OF THE YEAR” 50 3. “A SPECTACLE, AS HUMILIATING AS IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY” 60 4. “THE LORD HAS WORK FOR ME HERE” 70 INTERLUDE 2. Foreign Diplomats 76 5. “THE PROMISE BEING MADE, MUST BE KEPT” 80 6. “I FELT BIG THERE” 88 7. “WITHOUT MOLESTATION OR INSULT” 94 INTERLUDE 3. The Ballot 108 8. “TO KEEP THE JEWEL OF LIBERTY WITHIN THE FAMILY OF FREEDOM” 112 9. “THE OBJECT IS A WORTHY ONE” 138 10. “A TESTIMONIAL OF HER APPRECIATION” 150 INTERLUDE 4. City Point 166 11.“DOUGLASS, I HATE SLAVERY AS MUCH AS YOU DO” 168 12. “IN THE PRESENCE OF A FRIEND” 180 13. “ALL THE PEOPLE . . . ARE INVITED” 190 INTERLUDE 5. The House Chamber 194 14. “I’VE COME TO PROPOSE SOMETHING TO YOU” 196 15. “A SACRED EFFORT” 202 16. “SHE IS MY EQUAL, AND THE EQUAL OF ALL OTHERS” 208 INTERLUDE 6. Richmond 218 17. “THE GREAT GUIDING HAND THAT NOW LAY PARALYZED IN DEATH” 222 EPILOGUE. “Emphatically the Black Man’s President” 230 APPENDIX. Unconfirmed Meetings 242 NOTES 244 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 274 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 278 INDEX 280 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 288

Author
Jonathan W. White
Language
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