Recounts in detail the volatile political period in Alabama following the end of the Civil War Following the end of the Civil War, white Southerners were forced to concede equal rights to those who had been enslaved, ushering in a new and ruthless brand of politics.
Suddenly, the status and place of some four million former slaves dominated the national and regional political dialogue.
In Alabama, the Republican Party established itself quickly and powerfully with the participatio.
University Alabama Press Reconstruction politics in a deep south state: alabama, 1865-1874, hardcover/william warren rogers
