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The struggle for equality abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction

Title
The struggle for equality [electronic resource] : abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction / by James M. McPherson.
Author
McPherson, James M.
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 474 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Princeton classics
Uniform Title
  • Struggle for equality (Online)
  • Princeton classics.
Alternative Title
Struggle for equality (Online)
Subject
  • 1863 - 1877
  • Abolitionists
  • African Americans > History > 1863-1877
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
Note
  • "With a new preface by the author"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2014944833
OCLC
ssj0001379956
Author
McPherson, James M.
Title
The struggle for equality [electronic resource] : abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction / by James M. McPherson.
Imprint
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series
Princeton classics
Princeton classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1863 - 1877
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