1863-1877

Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans?both slave and free?from the decade leading up to the Civil War until its immediate aftermath. Rather than focusing on black military service, the white-led abolitionist movement, or Lincoln?s emergence as the great emancipator, Escott concentrates on the black military and civilian experience in the North as well as the South.

"Examines the impact of ... [Jim Crow] laws and other challenges that African Americans faced between the Reconstruction period and World War I."--Provided by publisher.

Examines the period of reconstruction following the American Civil War, discussing what provisions were made for African-Americans, what laws were made and more.

"Presents information regarding the Reconstruction years of 1866 to 1876, including background information and important events, people, and groups. Intended for fifth to eighth grade students"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information regarding African American involvement in United States Civil War of 1861 to 1865, including background information, key events throughout the war, the aftermath of the war, and important people and groups. Intended for fifth to eighth grade students"--Provided by publisher.

Draws on documents assembled by the Freedmen and Southern Society Project to present information about the reshaping of the African-American family during the transition from slavery to freedom.

Examines the Reconstruction period of the south at the end of the Civil War and discusses such issues as the end of the Confederacy, Lincoln's and Johnson's opposing views, the Freedman's Bureau, Lincoln's assassination and the Johnson presidency, and African Americans in the post-war decades.

Presents an inside view of the entire history of the Civil War's 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a special corps composed of persons of African descent.

Presents a discussion of the development of the Southern social movement called "Jim Crowism" and segregation in post-Reconstruction United States.