American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Interview with Dana D. Nelson, historian, University of Kentucky. 2 of 2 / [produced by WGBH].
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Nelson talks about plantation owner Fan Butler Leigh and tension with black workers...
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