Reconstruction: Voices from America's First Great Struggle for Racial Equality (LOA #303) (The Library of America)

by Brooks D. Simpson (Editor)

Other authors: Jourdon Anderson (Contributor), Sidney Andrews (Contributor), Susan B. Anthony (Contributor), Francis Preston Blair (Contributor), Frank P. Blair (Contributor) — 59 more, Benjamin Brim (Contributor), David Brundage (Contributor), Richard Harvey Cain (Contributor), Margaret Ann Caldwell (Contributor), Maria Carter (Contributor), Maria F. Chandler (Contributor), Salmon P. Chase (Contributor), Georges Clemenceau (Contributor), Richard Henry Dana (Contributor), Sarah A. Dickey (Contributor), Frederick Douglass (Contributor), Charles A. Eldredge (Contributor), Robert Brown Elliott (Contributor), Joseph S. Fullerton (Contributor), James A. Garfield (Contributor), William Lloyd Garrison (Contributor), Ulysses S. Grant (Contributor), Horace Greeley (Contributor), Andrew J. Hamilton (Contributor), Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (Contributor), Lewis Hayden (Contributor), Rutherford B. Hayes (Contributor), Abram Hewitt (Contributor), William W. Holden (Contributor), Marcus S. Hopkins (Contributor), Oliver O. Howard (Contributor), Robert G. Ingersoll (Contributor), Harriet Jacobs (Contributor), Andrew Johnson (Contributor), Eugene Lawrence (Contributor), Abraham Lincoln (Contributor), Isaac Loveless (Contributor), John R. Lynch (Contributor), Christopher Memminger (Contributor), Oliver P. Morton (Contributor), Levi Nelson (Contributor), Joseph Noxon (Contributor), Wendell Phillips (Contributor), Edwards Pierrepont (Contributor), James S. Pike (Contributor), Joseph H. Rainey (Contributor), James T. Rapier (Contributor), Carl Schurz (Contributor), Robert K. Scott (Contributor), Philip H. Sheridan (Contributor), Charles C. Soule (Contributor), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Contributor), George L. Stearns (Contributor), Thaddeus Stevens (Contributor), George Stoneman (Contributor), Charles Sumner (Contributor), Albion W. Tourgée (Contributor), Cynthia Townsend (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Elihu B. Washburne (Contributor), Thomas Whitehead (Contributor), Sarah Whittlesey (Contributor), J.A. Williamson (Contributor), John Russell Young (Contributor)

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"The defeat of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 brought about the final destruction of slavery in the United States. Americans were confronted for the first time with the possibility of creating a republic dedicated to the principle of racial equality. What followed over the next twelve years was one of the most complex, inspiring, and ultimately tragic eras in American history. Reconstruction: Voices From America's First Great Struggle For Racial Equality brings this tumultuous and fateful period to dramatic and violent life through the vivid testimony of more than sixty participants and observers. Here is a vitally important book for anyone interested in this crucial period and its inescapable relevance for today." --… (more)

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This was ultimately disappointing, and not just because of the subject matter of my country failing its obligations. The selections for this volume were heavily tilted towards congressmen and the like. The strongest LOA volumes, in my opinion, are more focused from the bottom up. The 1812 volume wasn't just James Madison's notes. The 'yearly' Civil War volumes were not General's memoirs. I was hoping to hear from the freemen, not their congressmen.

A reader would be better served by Foner's Reconstruction, or WEB DeBois Black Reconstruction. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Simpson, Brooks D.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Jourdon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Andrews, Sidney	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anthony, Susan B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blair, Francis Preston	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blair, Frank P.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brim, Benjamin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brundage, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cain, Richard Harvey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Caldwell, Margaret Ann	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carter, Maria	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chandler, Maria F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chase, Salmon P.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clemenceau, Georges	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dana, Richard Henry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dickey, Sarah A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Douglass, Frederick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Eldredge, Charles A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Elliott, Robert Brown	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fullerton, Joseph S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Garfield, James A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Garrison, William Lloyd	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grant, Ulysses S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greeley, Horace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hamilton, Andrew J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hayden, Lewis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hayes, Rutherford B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hewitt, Abram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Holden, William W.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hopkins, Marcus S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Howard, Oliver O.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ingersoll, Robert G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jacobs, Harriet	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Andrew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lawrence, Eugene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lincoln, Abraham	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Loveless, Isaac	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lynch, John R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Memminger, Christopher	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morton, Oliver P.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nelson, Levi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Noxon, Joseph	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Phillips, Wendell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pierrepont, Edwards	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pike, James S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rainey, Joseph H.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rapier, James T.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schurz, Carl	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Scott, Robert K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sheridan, Philip H.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Soule, Charles C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stearns, George L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stevens, Thaddeus	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stoneman, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sumner, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tourgée, Albion W.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Townsend, Cynthia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Twain, Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Washburne, Elihu B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Whitehead, Thomas	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Whittlesey, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williamson, J.A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Young, John Russell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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"The defeat of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 brought about the final destruction of slavery in the United States. Americans were confronted for the first time with the possibility of creating a republic dedicated to the principle of racial equality. What followed over the next twelve years was one of the most complex, inspiring, and ultimately tragic eras in American history. Reconstruction: Voices From America's First Great Struggle For Racial Equality brings this tumultuous and fateful period to dramatic and violent life through the vivid testimony of more than sixty participants and observers. Here is a vitally important book for anyone interested in this crucial period and its inescapable relevance for today." --

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