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The struggle for equality : abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction
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The struggle for equality : abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction

James M. McPherson

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"With a new preface by the author"--Cover.

Contents

The election of 1860
Secession and the coming of war
The emancipation issue : 1861
Emancipation and public opinion : 1861-1862
The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment
The negro : innately inferior or equal?
Freedmen's education : 1861-1865
The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
Men of color, to arms!
The quest for equal rights in the north
The ballot and land for the freedmen : 1861-1865
The reelection of Lincoln
Schism in the ranks : 1864-1865
Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction : 1865
The Fourteenth Amendment and the election of 1866
Military reconstruction and impeachment
Education and Confiscation : 1865-1870
The climax of the crusade : the Fifteenth Amendment.

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The struggle for equality : abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction by James M. McPherson. ISBN 9780691163901. Published by Princeton University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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