Bibliograph

South Carolina Negroes, 1877-1900, George Brown Tindall ; with a new introduction by the author

Type

Label

South Carolina Negroes, 1877-1900, George Brown Tindall ; with a new introduction by the author

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesfacsimilesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

South Carolina Negroes, 1877-1900

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51151417

Responsibility statement

George Brown Tindall ; with a new introduction by the author

Series statement

Southern classics series

Summary

Examines the progress and achievements, along with the frustrations, of South Carolina's African Americans in politics, education, labor, and various aspects of social life during the short decades after Reconstruction and before segregation became the law and custom of the land

Table Of Contents

Series editors' preface -- Introduction: Revisiting South Carolina Negroes, 1877-1900 -- Foreword to the first edition -- Slavery and Reconstruction -- The twilight of Reconstruction -- The decline of the Republican Party -- Negroes in politics -- Nullification of the Fifteenth Amendment -- Negroes in agriculture -- Nonagricultural pursuits -- The Liberian exodus -- The migratory urge -- The Negro church -- Education -- The context of violence -- Crime and convict leasing -- Care of the indigent and defective -- Social life -- The color line -- Some evaluations

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