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Author Smith, John David, 1949-

Title We ask only for even-handed justice : Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 / John David Smith.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.

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Edition Revised and expanded edition.
Description 1 online resource
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age Children
Physical Medium polychrome
Summary The years following Appomattox offered the freed people numerous opportunities and challenges. Ex-slaves reconnected with relatives dispersed by the domestic slave trade and the vicissitudes of civil war. They sought their own farms and homesteads, education for their children, and legal protection from whites hostile to their new status. They negotiated labor contracts, established local communities, and, following the 1867 Reconstruction Acts, entered local, state, and national politics. Though aided by Freedmen Bureau agents and sympathetic whites, former slaves nevertheless faced daunting odds. Ku Klux Klansmen and others terrorized blacks who asserted themselves, many northerners lost interest in their plight, and federal officials gradually left them to their own resources. As a result, former Confederates regained control of the southern state governments following the 1876 presidential election.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Original edition published under title: Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1996.
Contents The promise and reality of emancipation -- Changing old ways -- Reuniting families -- The first friend: the Freedmen's Bureau -- A second bondage: the plantation system -- Organizing for equal rights -- The right to vote -- The first leaders -- Racial terrorism -- The promise of education and a homeland -- Conclusion: Reconstruction and its legacy.
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Subject African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
History.
Chronological Term 1863-1877
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Southern States.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Sources.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- General.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Other.
United States.
Indexed Term juvenile -- Nonfiction
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Juvenile works.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, John David, 1949- Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. We ask only for even-handed justice. Revised and expanded edition. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014] 9781625340863 (DLC) 2014011266 (OCoLC)878667519
ISBN 9781613763070 (electronic book)
1613763077 (electronic book)
1625340877
9781625340870
9781625340870
1613763077
9781625340863
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