False Promises by Ric S. Sheffield - 9780804012577

Name: False Promises by Ric S. Sheffield - 9780804012577
Brand: Ohio University Press

Ohio University Press

False PromisesThe Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio\nAuthor(s): Ric S. Sheffield\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Swallow Press\nISBN-13: 9780804012577, 978-0804012577\nSynopsis\nBrings to life the struggle for Black suffrage in nineteenth-century Ohio\n In False Promises, the fight for Black voting rights in Ohio comes alive through narratives of men of color who defied the states nineteenth-century restrictions on suffrage. Though ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment ostensibly extended the franchise, state election laws still forced men of color into a perilous struggle for full citizenship. Ric S. Sheffield depicts their courage and determination, revealing their humanity through stories of sacrifice, resistance, and hope.\n Drawing on Saidiya Hartmans concept of critical fabulation, Sheffield weaves together historical records with imaginative reconstructions of dialogue, setting, and descriptive elements beyond the du.