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The Life and Death of Gus Reed : a Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bahde, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Colección:Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.