Title Climbing up to glory : a short history of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction / Wilbert L. Jenkins

Published Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2002

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Description xv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Ch. 1. Abraham Lincoln: A Reluctant Friend -- Ch. 2. Unwanted Participants: Service in the War -- Ch. 3. "Free at Last": The Shackles Are Broken -- Ch. 4. A "Working Class of People": The Struggle to Gain Economic Independence -- Ch. 5. "We Can Now Live as One": The Reunification of the Family -- Ch. 6. "Get Us Some Education": The Efforts of Blacks to Educate Themselves -- Ch. 7. "Our Own Houses of Worship": Black Churches during Reconstruction -- Ch. 8. "We Intend to Have Our Rights": Political and Social Activists in Post-Civil War America Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877. African Americans -- History -- To 1863. SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140208 LC no. 2002017619 ISBN 0842028161 alkaline paper 084202817X paperback alkaline paper

Other Titles Short history of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction

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