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We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice
John David Smith
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Description for We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice
Paperback. Original edition published under title: Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1996. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
The sesquicentennial of the Civil War and Reconstruction invites reflection on the broad meaning of American democracy, including the ideals of freedom, equality, racial justice, and self-determination. In We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice, John David Smith brings together a wealth of primary texts - editorials, letters, newspaper articles, and personal testimonies - to illuminate the experience of emancipation for the millions of African Americans enmeshed in the transition from chattel slavery to freedom from 1865 to 1877.
The years following Appomattox offered the freed people numerous opportunities and challenges. Ex-slaves reconnected with relatives dispersed by the domestic slave ... Read more
The sesquicentennial of the Civil War and Reconstruction invites reflection on the broad meaning of American democracy, including the ideals of freedom, equality, racial justice, and self-determination. In We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice, John David Smith brings together a wealth of primary texts - editorials, letters, newspaper articles, and personal testimonies - to illuminate the experience of emancipation for the millions of African Americans enmeshed in the transition from chattel slavery to freedom from 1865 to 1877.
The years following Appomattox offered the freed people numerous opportunities and challenges. Ex-slaves reconnected with relatives dispersed by the domestic slave ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340870
SKU
V9781625340870
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About John David Smith
John David Smith is the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, A Just and Lasting Peace: A Documentary History of Reconstruction and Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops.
Reviews for We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice
Rich in summary insight, even as it presents the quoted thoughts, desires, and hopes of black Americans. Smith has sifted thousands of letters, articles, speeches, and memoirs and has selected materials that illustrate the experience of emancipation." - Choice "An engaging, serious, readable, well-organized compilation and narrative that accomplishes a great deal in a few pages." - Georgia Historical ... Read more