Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Virginia

Contents, Illustrations

contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Origins of the Readjuster Movement 15 Chapter 2 Expanding the Circle of Honor: The Politics of Patronage 48 Chapter 3 Drawing the Line between Public and Private: Sex, Schools, and Liberalism 77 Chapter 4 Deference and Violence in Danville 103 Chapter 5 Making Black White and White Black: The Politics of Racial Identity 132 Epilogue: The Voice of the People 155 Notes 171 Bibliography 237 Index 269 illustrations & maps Illustrations ‘‘Practical Illustration of the Virginia Constitution’’ 26 William Mahone 38 ‘‘The Readjuster State Convention’’ 80 ‘‘The Old Generation and the New’’ 120 Maps 1. Virginia’s Principal Geographic Regions xii 2. Readjuster Majorities in Virginia Counties, 1879–83 34 3. White Population of Virginia Counties, 1880 35 ...