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The wars of Reconstruction : the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era

Title
The wars of Reconstruction : the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era / Douglas R. Egerton.
Author
Egerton, Douglas R.
Publication
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.

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Description
438 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
Sc E 14-469
ISBN
  • 9781608195664
  • 160819566X
LCCN
2013009595
OCLC
2013009595
Author
Egerton, Douglas R.
Title
The wars of Reconstruction : the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era / Douglas R. Egerton.
Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-420) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 14-469
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