The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era
- ISBN-10
- 160819566X
- ISBN-13
- 9781608195664
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-21
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Douglas R. Egerton
Description
A groundbreaking new history, telling the stories of hundreds of African-American activists and officeholders who risked their lives for equality--in the face of murderous violence--in the years after the Civil War.
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