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On Jordan's Banks : Emancipation and Its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bigham, Darrel E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Ohio River Valley series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.