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Author Egerton, Douglas R.

Title The wars of Reconstruction : the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era / Douglas R. Egerton. [Boundless electronic resource]

Edition First U.S. edition.
Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-420) and index.
Contents Prologue: 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 -- Epilogue: the Spirit of Freedom Monument.
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Egerton, Douglas R. Wars of Reconstruction New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014 9781608195664 (DLC) 2013009595 (OCoLC)827256869
ISBN 9781608195749 : $48.00
1608195740 : $48.00
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