reconstruction (1865-1876)

Draws on a wide range of documents to offer a new interpretation of the Emancipation and Reconstruction years and the lasting impact they had on the nation's history.

Discusses the struggles and achievements of African-Americans as they struggled to construct a strong economic base--by establishing banks and businesses and working toward ownership of land--after the abolition of slavery, and examines the racial violence and other challenges they endured while instituting their own schools and getting established in the political processes of the United States.

In 1865 with the war recently over, fourteen-year-old Hannalee and her recently reunited family decide to start a new life in Atlanta where, because of the need to rebuild the devastated city, jobs are plentiful. Sequel to "Turn Homeward, Hannalee.".

Cullen Baker returns to Texas after the Civil War, only to realize that he must fight a gang of thieves determined to run him off his land.

This is a cumulative index to the Reconstruction Era Reference Library.

This book covers the political and social aspects of Reconstruction, including carpetbaggers and scalawags, amnesty for white Southerners, "Black Codes," attempts to restore the old order in the South, and much more.

Features the debates that surrounded America's Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

Text and accompanying photographs examine the period of struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom after the devastation of the Civil War.

Presents a study of the Reconstruction period following the Civil War and discusses both the positive and negative effects of Northern carpetbaggers and why reconstruction failed.

Researches the character of slavery, new freedom and racial relationships on both African-Americans and whites of the Reconstruction period.