Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877Describes the changes brought about by the Civil War, discusses the impact of slavery's end, and looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of Reconstruction |
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("If the ignorant white man is allowed to vote," declared a petition of prominent
Charleston free blacks, the "ignorant colored man" should be enfranchised as
well.) Yet at the 1865 conventions, speaker after speaker echoed the view that ...
("If the ignorant white man is allowed to vote," declared a petition of prominent
Charleston free blacks, the "ignorant colored man" should be enfranchised as
well.) Yet at the 1865 conventions, speaker after speaker echoed the view that ...
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"Treason must be made odious, and traitors must be punished and impoverished,
" Johnson had declared in 1864; in the same year he offered himself as a "Moses
," leading blacks to a promised land of freedom. "It was supposed," John ...
"Treason must be made odious, and traitors must be punished and impoverished,
" Johnson had declared in 1864; in the same year he offered himself as a "Moses
," leading blacks to a promised land of freedom. "It was supposed," John ...
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declared Holden's Raleigh Standard, "We rejoice that there is to be an end to
rebel rule."89 Throughout these deliberations, Johnson remained silent. Toward
the end of February, New York Evening Post editor Charles Nordhoff visited the ...
declared Holden's Raleigh Standard, "We rejoice that there is to be an end to
rebel rule."89 Throughout these deliberations, Johnson remained silent. Toward
the end of February, New York Evening Post editor Charles Nordhoff visited the ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - busterrll - LibraryThingGood book but hard reading Wish I had a better knowledge of reconstruction politics. Spot read after a bit, but full of information. Will save and try to reread after reading more on Pres.Johnson. Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - DarthDeverell - LibraryThingEric Foner begins with an assessment of the historiography up to 1988. In the first decade of the 1900s, William Dunning and John W. Burgess articulated a history of Reconstruction that condemned ... Leer comentario completo
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The World the War Made | 1 |
Rehearsals for Reconstruction | 35 |
of the War | 60 |
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