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Tag Archives: Reconstruction
Up from Slavery
Up From Slavery© 1901 Booker T. Washington332 pages Up from Slavery is an hopeful reflection by Booker T. Washington on the future of black Americans and the American nation, as he reflects on the thirty-odd years since the abolition of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American Literature, Classics Club Challenge, education, race, Reconstruction
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The Fiery Cross
The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America© 1998 Wyn Craig Wade528 pages Living in the country as I did, the bus ride to school always lasted over an hour, and in elementary school I remember being utterly petrified … Continue reading
The South since the War
The South Since the War: As Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas© 1866 Sidney Andrews400 pages In the autumn of 1865, as the dust and ashes were still settling over the graves of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American Civil War, American South, history, memoir, Reconstruction, travel
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