| Description |
1 online resource. |
|
text file |
| Series |
Civil War America
|
|
Civil War America (Series)
|
| Contents |
Battle for Credibility -- Black Lives in the Record -- And the Military Comes -- Killing Fields of 1868 -- Problem of Texas -- Epilogue. Proving Lynching. |
| Summary |
"After the Civil War's end, reports surged of violence by whites against Black men, women, and children. Leaders of the new southern governments and northern Democrats typically denied that the atrocities were happening, or they professed that the levels of violence were nothing more than typical criminal behavior. But as occupying Federal troops grew increasingly aware of and even targeted by violent assaults, in September 1866, Freedmen's Bureau commissioner O.O. Howard requested that assistant commissioners in the states compile reports of 'murders and outrages' to catalog the extent of violence. The Records Relating to Murders and Outrage were assembled to prove that the reports of a peaceful South were wrong. The Freedmen's Bureau papers are one of the most utilized sources for the Reconstruction era, yet the Record of Murders and Outrages has rarely been explored in depth. In this book, William A. Blair takes the full measure of the Bureau's attempt to document and deploy hard information about the reality of the violence that Black communities endured in the wake of Emancipation. A former journalist, Blair is highly attuned to the ways this history reflects on ongoing and contemporary struggles over how trustworthy data is gathered, packaged, shared, and utilized in policymaking and daily life"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- Records and correspondence.
|
|
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. |
|
Freed persons -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
|
|
Freed persons. |
|
Southern States. |
|
History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Violence against -- Southern States -- Sources.
|
|
African Americans -- Violence against. |
|
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Public opinion.
|
|
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
|
Public opinion. |
|
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
|
|
United States. |
|
Race relations. |
|
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
|
|
Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1877 |
|
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
|
Records and correspondence.
|
|
Sources.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781469663470 |
|
Print version: 9781469663449 1469663449 (DLC) 2021003506 (OCoLC)1237650928 |
| ISBN |
9781469663470 (electronic book) |
|
1469663473 (electronic book) |
|
9781469663449 |
|
1469663449 |
|
9781469663456 |
|
1469663457 |
|
