On Jordan's banks : emancipation and its aftermath in the Ohio River Valley / Darrel E. Bigham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigham, Darrel E.

Series:

Ohio River Valley series.

Ohio River Valley series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Ohio River Valley--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Ohio River Valley.

Enslaved persons.

Ohio River Valley--History--19th century.

Ohio River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive history examines communities on the northern and southern shores of the Ohio River that developed as a consequence of the Civil War. Darrel E. Bigham describes how these communities were shaped by the presence or absence of slavery and how the abolition of slavery and the rise of free labor became the rule of law on both banks. Focusing on this critical period of vast social, economic, and political change, Bigham demonstrates that African Americans on both sides of the river made remarkable advances in spite of being offered little with which to make a meaningful new start.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Map: The Ohio River and Surrounding Territories; Prologue: The Ohio River Valley as a Region; Part One: Before the War; 1. Uneasy Slavery in Kentucky along the Ohio; 2. Incomplete Freedom on the North Shore; Part Two: The Impact of the Civil War on Blacks; 3. Conflict and Remnants of Slavery on the South Shore; 4. Blacks and Whites Together and Apart on the North Shore; Part Three: The Postwar Years; 5. Population and Residential Patterns; 6. Free and Equal, with Opportunities and Pains

7. Citizenship and Civil Rights after the Fourteenth Amendment8. The Progress of Blacks and the Ballot Box; 9. Making a Living; Illustrations; 10. Families and Community Life; 11. Black Society; 12. Schools for Blacks; Epilogue: From the 1890s to the Great Depression; Appendix: Population Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-401) and index.

ISBN:

9780813134741

0813134749

9780813147598

081314759X

9780813171661

0813171660

OCLC:

65562534