The failed promise : Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson /

"The absorbing narrative of Frederick Douglass's heated struggle with President Andrew Johnson reveals a new perspective on Reconstruction's demise. When Andrew Johnson rose to the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, African Americans were optimistic that Johnson wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895. Johnson, Andrew, > 1808-1875 > Impeachment. Johnson, Andrew, > 1808-1875. 1800-1918 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) HISTORY / United States / General. Impeachments. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Politics and government. Race relations. Social conditions. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence. United States > Politics and government > 1865-1877. United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918. United States > Race relations > History > 19th century. United States. History.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Lincoln's Second Inauguration
Southern Unionist
The Mission of the War
"Abraham Lincoln Dies, the Republic Lives"
"There Is No Such Thing as Reconstruction"
A Moses in the White House
The Black Delegation Visits a Moses of Their People
The President's Riots
Shadowing Johnson, Defying the Loyalists
Sources of Danger to the Republic
A Job Offer
The Trials of Impeachment
"Demented Moses of Tennessee"
Epilogue: "We Have a Fight on Our Hands".