02497nam 2200577 450 991046528100332120200520144314.01-61376-307-7(CKB)3710000000719105(MiAaPQ)EBC4533199(OCoLC)933516757(MdBmJHUP)muse33345(Au-PeEL)EBL4533199(CaPaEBR)ebr11214667(OCoLC)951222714(EXLCZ)99371000000071910520160612h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWe ask only for even-handed justice Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 /John David SmithRevised and expanded edition.Amherst, [Massachusetts] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :University of Massachusetts Press,2014.©20141 online resource (156 pages)Original edition published under title: Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1996.1-62534-086-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The promise and reality of emancipation -- Changing old ways -- Reuniting families -- The first friend: the Freedmen's Bureau -- A second bondage: the plantation system -- Organizing for equal rights -- The right to vote -- The first leaders -- Racial terrorism -- The promise of education and a homeland -- Conclusion: Reconstruction and its legacy.African AmericansHistory1863-1877SourcesJuvenile literatureAfrican AmericansSouthern StatesHistorySourcesJuvenile literatureReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SourcesJuvenile literatureAfrican AmericansHistory1863-1877SourcesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)SourcesElectronic books.African AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansHistorySourcesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African AmericansHistoryReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)973/.0496073Smith John David1949-893592MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465281003321We ask only for even-handed justice1999739UNINA