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A Black Gambler?s World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics: William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839?1917
A Black Gamblers World of Liquor Vice and Presidential Politics William Thomas Scott of Illinois 18391917
Author: Bruce L. Mouser
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299301842
ISBN-10: 0299301842
Publication Date: 10/30/2014
Pages: 210
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Paperback
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