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A Black Gamblers World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics: William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 18391917
Bruce L. Mouser
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Description for A Black Gamblers World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics: William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 18391917
Paperback. A well-researched biography of William Thomas Scott, an entrepreneur and political activist with a past of gambling and vice trades. He was briefly the first African American nominee of a national political party for president of the United States until his controversial past led to his abrupt political downfall. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
William Thomas Scott (1839–1917) was an entrepreneur and political activist from East Saint Louis and Cairo, Illinois, who in 1904 briefly became the first African American nominated by a national party for president of the United States before his scandalous past forced him to step aside. A free man before the Civil War, Scott was a charismatic hustler who built his fortune through both vice trades and legal businesses including hotels, saloons, and real estate. Publisher and editor of the Cairo Gazette and an outspoken advocate for equal rights, he believed in political patronage and frequently rebelled against political bosses ... Read more
William Thomas Scott (1839–1917) was an entrepreneur and political activist from East Saint Louis and Cairo, Illinois, who in 1904 briefly became the first African American nominated by a national party for president of the United States before his scandalous past forced him to step aside. A free man before the Civil War, Scott was a charismatic hustler who built his fortune through both vice trades and legal businesses including hotels, saloons, and real estate. Publisher and editor of the Cairo Gazette and an outspoken advocate for equal rights, he believed in political patronage and frequently rebelled against political bosses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299301842
SKU
V9780299301842
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About Bruce L. Mouser
Bruce L. Mouser is the author of For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics. He is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
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