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Subject(s)

• African Americans—History—1863-1877—Sources—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Southern States—History—Sources—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)—Sources—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—History—1863-1877—Sources [Browse]
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)—Sources [Browse]

Notes

Original edition published under title: Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1996.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-125) and index.

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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ISBN

• 9781625340863 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1625340869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781625340870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1625340877 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2014011266

OCLC

878667519

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