Ulysses S. Grant Character Analysis in Stamped from the Beginning

Grant was a Republican and Civil War hero who was elected president in 1868. Grant introduced rights legislation for Black people during the Reconstruction era, notably the Fifteenth Amendment which granted Black men the right to vote. After widespread retaliation that ruins his political career, Grant admitted that he regretted ratifying Black enfranchisement.

Ulysses S. Grant Character Timeline in Stamped from the Beginning

The timeline below shows where the character Ulysses S. Grant appears in Stamped from the Beginning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...a ballot in the 1868 presidential election, mostly for the Republican war hero Ulysses S. Grant. Yet many within the Republican Party itself express revulsion about the idea of Black people... (full context)

...reap the benefits of this. The region still remains highly reliant on cheap labor. President Grant resurrects the idea of colonization, suggesting that Black people relocate to the Dominic Republic. Douglass... (full context)

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...failure. For many white Republicans, and all Black men in the South, voting to reelect Grant means “risk[ing] death.” In a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the civil rights protections in the... (full context)

...the racial equality and freedom promised by Reconstruction, blame Black people for its failure. Meanwhile, Grant’s every act of support for Black people deepens his unpopularity. His time as a key... (full context)

...by ordinary white people, nor does it stop the resurrection of slavery by another name. Grant realizes that white people in the South are resentful of being prevented from killing Black... (full context)

...Hayes is declared the winner by a narrow margin. A second Civil War seems imminent; Grant privately regrets extending suffrage to Black men. In order to quell the growing conflict, Hayes... (full context)