I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction

I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction / Kidada E. Williams.

"The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 186...

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Main Author: Williams, Kidada E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (19th century) > History.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 1863-1877.
White supremacy movements > United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • We had to pick ourselves up
  • The devil was turned loose
  • I didn't know how soon they might come to send me up
  • They deviled us a while
  • I don't ever expect in this life to get over it
  • They never intended to do me justice
  • What they did is hurting my family
  • A revolution in reverse.

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