Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction

In this prize-winning book Thomas Holt is concerned not only with the identities of the black politicians who gained power in South Carolina during Reconstruction, but also with the question of how they functioned within the political system. Thus, as one reviewer has commented, "he penetrates the superficial preoccupations over whether black politicians were venal or gullible to see whether they wielded power and influence and, if they did, how and to what ends and against what obstacles." Introduction PART ONE THE MAKING OF A POLITICAL REVOLUTION Chapter One - From Protest to Power: Negro Leaders on the Eve of Reconstruction Chapter Two - Forging a Black Majority: The Emergence of a New Order PART TWO THE MAKING OF NEGRO POLITICIANS: A BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE Chapter Three - Black and Brown: The Antebellum Origins of Negro Leadership Chapter Four - The Sword and the Cross: Modes of Leadership Recruitment and Development PART THREE THE MAKING OF POLICY: A POLITICAL PROFILE Chapter Five - Black Domination or White Control: The Dynamics of Power Chapter Six - Radicals and Conservatives: The Voting Behavior of Negro Legislators Chapter Seven - Black Leaders and Black Labor: An Unexpected Failure PART FOUR UNMAKING A REVOLUTION Chapter Eight - A Mortal Combat: The Flaw in Republican Hegemony Chapter Nine - A Rope of Sand: An Epilogue of the Reconstruction Era Appendix A Appendix B Bibliographical Essay Index