附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-168) and index.
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 hommeland -- Reconstruction and its legacy.
摘要:Original source documents are woven into a narrative providing the experiences and points of view of former slaves during the long process of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
