An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.

An Example for All the Land

Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.

By
Kate Masur
Kate Masur
2010 • 378 pages

"An Example for all the Land, clearly argued and deeply researched, represents a significant breakthrough in the crowded field of Reconstruction scholarship. Showing how Washington, D.C. became a laboratory for political experimentation, Masur reveals imp

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