First freedom : the responses of Alabama's Blacks to emancipation and Reconstruction / Peter Kolchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolchin, Peter.

Series:

Library of Alabama classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Alabama--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Alabama--Social conditions--19th century.

Social classes--Alabama--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Elite (Social sciences)--Alabama--History--19th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Community life--Alabama--History--19th century.

Community life.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Race relations.

History.

Social conditions.

United States.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Alabama.

Alabama--Social conditions--19th century.

Alabama--Race relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 215 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]

Summary:

Crucial changes occurred during the years following the Civil War as blacks manifested their desire to live as independently as possible and to reject every social relation reminiscent of slavery. This classic study of the history of post-slave societies helped to initiate historiographic trends that remain central to the study of emancipation.

Contents:

1 Black Migration 3

2 Free Plantation Labor 30

3 Strengthening the Black Family 56

4 The Coming of Black Education 79

5 The Establishment of the Black Churches 107

6 Black Social Structure 128

7 The Awakening of Black Political Consciousness 151

8 Black Reconstruction in Perspective 184.

Notes:

Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index.

ISBN:

9780817355357

0817355359

OCLC:

228701376