Publisher's Synopsis
It was one of the greatest tests of the political and social fabric of the United States in its history. How do you suddenly integrate 3.9 million slaves into civil society, providing them with jobs (slavery was soon to be banned in the 13th amendment), education, voting rights and (when needed), food and clothing? What would 3.9 million slaves suddenly having the vote do to elections in the South, especially in states like South Carolina and Mississippi, which had majority black populations? How would white Southern Democrats respond to majority black/Republican rule?Reconstruction was an attempt at answering those questions, and many others. This book will take a look at that significant period of our history.The book contains 40+ illustrations.
