The Civil War

The Civil War
ISBN-10
0394358120
ISBN-13
9780394358123
Series
The Civil War
Category
Reconstruction
Pages
548
Language
English
Published
1982
Author
James M. McPherson

Description

Slaves , Freedmen , and Wartime Reconstruction For an introduction to this subject , read Clarence L. Mohr , “ Southern ... The impact of loss of mastery on slaveholders is sensitively studied in James L. Roark , Masters Without Slaves ...

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