Category: African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction
Democrat Explains Why Southern Whites Resist “Black Rule” July 16, 1868
Allen Granberry Thurman (November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895) is hardly a household name today, but in the mid-19th Century he was a well-known…
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era by Douglas R. Egerton
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America’s Most Progressive Era by Douglas R. Egerton published by Bloomsbury Press (2014) 448 pages. $30.00 Hardcover,…
NY Times: Why Can’t We Teach Slavery Right in American Schools?
The New York Times continues its challenging series 1619 today with an article on the misteaching of slavery in American schools. You can find the article…
Database of Want Ads by Former Slaves Seeking Information on Forcibly Separated Families
A new database of want ads of freed slaves published during Reconstruction searching for family members from whom they had been separated during slave times…
The First Elected Black Lt. Governor Visits the U.S. Congress & Is Promptly Insulted
Oscar James Dunn (pictured above) was the first African American elected Lt. Governor in the United States. In 1869 he visited the United States Congress…
Article in Jacobin on the Memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Robert Greene II, a PhD student at the University of South Carolina, has a brief article in Jacobin on the memory of the Civil War…
Book Review: Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin Levin
Newly Published Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth by Kevin M. Levin published by University of North Carolina Press (2019) Hardcover…
Resource-After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Low Country Carolinas
I recently learned about this free on-line resource After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Low Country Carolinas. You can access it here. This…
Prelude to a Reconstruction Riot: Irish and Blacks in Memphis in 1866
Immigrants lived in much of the United States at the start of the Civil War, but their numbers were not evenly distributed. Roughly 90% of…
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito published by Southern Illinois University Press 188 pages (2015) Hardcover $24.93 Kindle $14.72. Lincoln…
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