German Americans, African Americans, and the Republican Party in St. Louis, 1865-1872

How policy decisions made by the Missouri Republican Party in the years following the Civil War threatened to undermine support for the party among the state's German population. These policies included a failure to address specific economic concerns, the inclusion of religious language and a loyalty oath for clergymen in the new Missouri constitution, and the issue of black suffrage.



Conference Paper in Journal of American ethnic history 28(1):34-51 · September 2008: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27501880?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents