Trouble They Seen - The Story of Reconstruction in the Words of African Americans

"Most histories of Reconstruction deal primarily with political issues and the larger conflicts between Democrats and Republicans, notherners and southerners. The Trouble They Seen departs from this ap"

List of contents

Year One * Sweet Freedom's Song * Ambrose, You Must Be Dreaming * The Promised Land * Dont I Know That Aint Justice? * We Simply Ask That We Be Recognized as Men We Are Laying the Foundations of a New Structure * The Bureau * I Saw People Fall Like Flies * We Are Entering a New Era The Spokesmen * The Grass-roots Politicians * Group Portrait The People * A Way to Live * We Need This Land * All That We Want is the Greenback There Is A Bright Future * Send Us Teachers * We Were Devoured with Ambition to Do Our Best The Government of the United States Abandons You * Will It Be I? * I Must Fight * We Submit These Facts for Your Impartial Judgment * It Was the Most Violent Time That Ever We Have Seen * We Lost All Hopes

About the author

Dorothy Sterling is well known for her books on black history and culture, including Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century, and Speak Out in Thunder Tones: Letters and Other Writings by Black Northerners, 1787-1865.

Summary

"Most histories of Reconstruction deal primarily with political issues and the larger conflicts between Democrats and Republicans, notherners and southerners. The Trouble They Seen departs from this ap"

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Sterling, Sterling Dorothy
• Assisted by: Dorothy Sterling (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1994
• EAN: 9780306805486
• ISBN: 978-0-306-80548-6
• No. of pages: 492
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Biography: general, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity