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Hurrah for Hampton! : Black Red Shirts in South Carolina during Reconstruction / Edmund L. Drago.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drago, Edmund L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--South Carolina--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902.
- Hampton, Wade.
- Politics and government.
- South Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- South Carolina.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 158 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- In South Carolina, in the aftermath of the Civil War, a group of ex-slaves joined the Democratic "Red Shirts, " white paramilitary clubs dedicated to restoring antebellum values. Drawing on primary sources, Edmund L. Drago examines the relationship between black initiative and southern paternalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557285411
- OCLC:
- 39556365
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