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A history of the Reconstruction years, which marked the United States' most progressive moment prior to the Civil Rights movement, tells the stories of the African-American activists and officeholders who risked their lives for equality after the Civil War.
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Politics and government, Race relations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), History, Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877), United states, politics and government, 1865-1900, United states, race relations, African american politicians, African americans, social conditions, United states, politics and government, 1865-1933Places
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1865-1877, 19th centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era
2015, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
in English
1608195732 9781608195732
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The wars of Reconstruction: the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era
2014, Bloomsbury
in English
- First U.S. edition.
160819566X 9781608195664
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Table of Contents
Robert Vesey's Charleston
"An eagle on his button" : Black men fight for the union
"To forget and forgive old scores" : war's end, activism's beginning
"All de land belongs to de Yankees now" : the Freedmen's Bureau
"The Lord has sent us books and teachers" : missionaries and community formation
"We will remember our friends, and will not forget our enemies" : Black codes and Black conventions
"Andrew Johnson is but one man" : the Progressive Alliance coalesces
"We knows that much better than you do" : voting rights and political service
"An absolute massacre" : white violence and the end of Reconstruction in the South
"We shall be recognized as men" : the Reconstruction Era in memory
The spirit of freedom monument.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-420) and index.
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