Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. 1. The Age Of Property Tests 1
6. 2. The Colonial Electorate 20
7. 3. The Colonial Voter At The Polls 40
8. 4. The Genesis Of Democratic Suffrage Thought 62
9. 5. A Family Quarrel 76
10. 6. American Whigs And The Suffrage 92
11. 7. The Revolutionary Aftermath 117
12. 8. Suffrage Reform In The Jeffersonian South 138
13. 9. Northern Suffrage in the Jeffersonian Age 158
14. 10. Hard Feelings About The Suffrage 182
15. 11. Suffrage In The New West 208
16. 12. Suffrage And Pro-Slavery 223
17. 13. The Rhode Island Explosion 242
18. 14. Unfinished Business 260
19. 15. Minority Report 281
20. Index 301