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American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Interview with Edward L. Ayers, historian, University of Virginia. 3 of 4 / [produced by WGBH].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Southern States--History--1865-1877.
- Southern States.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Unedited footage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Interview with Edward L. Ayers, historian, University of Virginia, 3 of 4
- Reconstruction, the second Civil War
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Ayers talks about what form labor should take, rise of sharecropping, education for African Americans, threats to schoolteachers, reconstruction of government, fear of Negro rule.
- Participant:
- Edward L. Ayers, interviewee.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 1009118059
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