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Loading... On Jordan's Banks: Emancipation and Its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley (Ohio River Valley Series)by Darrel E. Bigham
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This comprehensive history examines communities on the northern and southern shores of the Ohio River that developed as a consequence of the Civil War. Darrel E. Bigham describes how these communities were shaped by the presence or absence of slavery and how the abolition of slavery and the rise of free labor became the rule of law on both banks. Focusing on this critical period of vast social, economic, and political change, Bigham demonstrates that African Americans on both sides of the river made remarkable advances in spite of being offered little with which to make a meaningful new start. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)977.00496073History and Geography North America Midwestern U.S.LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |