Voices from the Reconstruction Years, 1895-1877 (Heftet (myke permer))

VOICES FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION YEARS, 1865-1877 is a collection of twenty-seven first-hand accounts from those who lived through this turbulent period in American history. Newspaper articles, personal letters, and diary entries bring the reader into direct contact with some of the Americans who were deeply affected by the Reconstruction era. Chronologically arranged and framed with invaluable commentary and biographical sketches, this text offers unique insight into the heroic personalities and devistating aftermath of the Reconstruction period.

Introduction. Part I: MODERATE RECONSTRUCTION. 1. Conditions in the South, 1865-1867. 2. The South as Seen by White Northerners: Journalists, Freedmen's Bureau Officers, and a Carpetbagger. 3. The South as Seen by Black Southerners, 1865-1867. 4. Reactions of White and Black Northerners toward the South. Part II: RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION. 5. The Attitudes of Two Northern Whites toward Radical Reconstruction. 6. Southern White Resistance to Radical Reconstruction. 7. Radical Reconstruction as Seen by Northern and Southern Blacks. 8. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags. Part III: COUNTER RECONSTRUCTION. 9. Southern Whites Opposed to Radical Reconstruction Take Control. 10. The Responses of Two Carpetbaggers and Two Scalawags. 11. The Responses of Northern and Southern Blacks to the Policies of Counter Reconstruction. 12. Changed Attitudes in the North. Epilogue.