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The struggle for equality;, abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction,, by James M. McPherson

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The struggle for equality;, abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction,, by James M. McPherson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

"Bibliographical essay": pages 433-450

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The struggle for equality;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

193970

Responsibility statement

by James M. McPherson

Sub title

abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction,

Table Of Contents

The election of 1860 -- Secession and the coming of war -- The emancipation issue : 1861 -- Emancipation and public opinion : 1861-1862 -- The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment -- The Negro : innately inferior or equal? -- Freedmen's education : 1861-1865 -- The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau -- Men of color, to arms! -- The quest for equal rights in the North -- The ballot and land for the freedmen : 1861-1865 -- The reelection of Lincoln -- Schism in the ranks : 1864-1865 -- Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction : 1865 -- The Fourteenth Amendment and the election of 1866 -- Military reconstruction and impeachment -- Education and confiscation : 1865-1870 -- The climax of the crusade : the Fifteenth Amendment

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