Project Gutenberg 2010-02-21 Public domain in the USA. 64 Love, John L. 09021947 The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6 Reading ease score: 41.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "The Disfranchisement of the Negro" by John L. Love is a political treatise written in the late 19th century, specifically published in 1899. This book serves as a critical examination of the legal, social, and political barriers that systematically disenfranchise African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South. Through passionate rhetoric and historical analysis, Love sheds light on the persistent struggles faced by the Negro population in their quest for political equality and civil rights. In this work, Love discusses the historical context leading to the disenfranchisement of Black Americans, emphasizing how the legacy of slavery and racism continues to manifest in the legal frameworks of southern states. He details the various laws and constitutional amendments designed to suppress Negro voting rights, employing case studies from states like Mississippi and South Carolina to illustrate the calculated efforts by white political elites to maintain control and perpetuate inequality. Love argues that this assault on political rights is not merely a reactionary measure but reflects a deeper animus rooted in the past, posing a profound threat to the fabric of democracy itself. Ultimately, he appeals for recognition and action against these injustices, positioning the rights of the Negro as essential to the nation's moral and political integrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Politics and government African Americans -- Suffrage E151 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 101101 101102 2024-10-13T10:07:08.937981 2023-09-14T03:55:31.256250 text/html text/html 97603 2021-01-06T04:40:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 34352 2021-01-06T04:40:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 106836 2024-10-13T10:07:14.712951 application/epub+zip 106854 2024-10-13T10:07:11.904956 application/epub+zip 94200 2024-10-13T10:07:10.724962 application/epub+zip 211424 2024-10-13T10:07:16.687942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200134 2024-10-13T10:07:13.995962 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190095 2022-09-14T11:22:05.422222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 88829 88724 2024-10-13T10:07:08.587997 2023-09-14T03:55:30.999254 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 88674 2021-01-06T04:40:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32261 2021-01-06T04:40:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19627 2024-10-13T10:07:16.809927 application/rdf+xml 12116 2024-10-13T10:07:11.276966 image/jpeg 3029 2024-10-13T10:07:11.000963 image/jpeg 103279 2024-10-13T10:07:08.946976 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog