The bloody shirt : terror after Appomattox /
Budiansky, Stephen.
The bloody shirt : terror after Appomattox / Stephen Budiansky. - New York : Viking, c2008. - 322 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-322) and index.
A narrative account of Reconstruction-era violence documents vigilante attacks on African Americans and their white allies, in an analysis that traces the period through the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general, a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave.
9780670018406 0670018406
2008270568
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects.
African Americans--Crimes against--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Violence--History--United States--19th century.
Reconstruction (1865-1876)
African Americans--History.
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.
Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
United States--History--1865-1898.
Southern States--Race relations--History.
United States--History--1865-1898.
E668 / .B93 2008
973.8/2
The bloody shirt : terror after Appomattox / Stephen Budiansky. - New York : Viking, c2008. - 322 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-322) and index.
A narrative account of Reconstruction-era violence documents vigilante attacks on African Americans and their white allies, in an analysis that traces the period through the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general, a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave.
9780670018406 0670018406
2008270568
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects.
African Americans--Crimes against--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Violence--History--United States--19th century.
Reconstruction (1865-1876)
African Americans--History.
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.
Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
United States--History--1865-1898.
Southern States--Race relations--History.
United States--History--1865-1898.
E668 / .B93 2008
973.8/2