The Story of Reconstruction
- ISBN-10
- 1568522541
- ISBN-13
- 9781568522548
- Category
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Pages
- 656
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-05
- Publisher
- Konecky & Konecky
- Author
- Robert Selph Henry
Description
An presentation of the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War, with accounts and analysis of the political activity on the state and federal levels, economic policy and economic realities, and the hopes of blacks for freedom and equality, including the questions and bitter legacy from that time.
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