| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 110.2

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Richard H. Abbott. For Free Press and Equal Rights: Republican Newspapers in the Reconstruction South. Edited by John W. Quist. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2004. Pp. x, 266. $39.95.
The late historian Richard H. Abbott has made a significant contribution in this study examining Republican newspapers in the Reconstruction South. Until now the topic has been almost entirely neglected. Abbott uncovers a far-ranging and significant, if ultimately doomed, regional newspaper press that attempted to spread Republican ideology and the newly formed party.	1
Over four hundred Republican newspapers were established in the South during Reconstruction. Reflecting the rising strength of the party in the former Confederacy, the number of daily and weekly Republican newspapers increased in the late 1860s. More presses reflecting the view of the party of Lincoln rolled off printing presses in Louisiana (p. 73) than any other southern state, and Georgia (p. 19) had the fewest. Editors attempted to legitimize and remove the "Radical" stigma often attached to Republican affiliation in the South. Because the survival of Republicanism was contingent on attracting whites to the party, Abbott points out many Republican editors took a moderate political tack. As the Little Rock Republican reasoned, Arkansans should accept that "a man can be a gentleman and a Republican at the same time" (p. 96). Many whites in Arkansas and other states disputed that statement.	. . .

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