The Appeal of Racial Neutrality in the Civil War-Era North German Americans and the Democratic New Departure.

An essay is presented on the concept of race neutrality among German Americans and the appeal of race neutrality in U.S. politics, particularly concerning questions of citizenship and universal suffrage, following the U.S. Civil War. The article discusses editor Peter V. Deuster and his publication the "Milwaukee Seebote," the influence of the U.S. Republican Party and the U.S. Democratic Party upon race politics during and after the U.S. Civil War, and the war correspondence of German American soldier Adam Muenzenberger.