Too Great a Burden to Bear : The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas /

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"In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen's Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau's personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the 'hearts of Reconstruction.' Specifically addre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bean, Christopher B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands > History.
United States. > Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands > Officials and employees > Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Texas.
Freedmen > Texas > History.
African Americans > Texas > History > 19th century.
Texas > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "A Stranger Amongst Strangers" : Who Were the Subassistant Commissioners?
  • 2. "The Post of Greatest Peril" : The E.M. Gregory Era, September 1865-April 1866
  • 3. Conservative Phoenix : The J.B. Kiddoo Era, May 1866-Summer 1866
  • 4. Bureau Expansion, Bureau Courts, and the Black Code : The J.B. Kiddoo Era, Summer 1866-November 1866
  • 5. The Bureau's Highwater Mark : The J.B. Kiddoo Era, November 1866-January 1867
  • 6. "They Must Vote with the Party That Shed Their Blood... In Giving Them Liberty" : Bureau Agents, Politics, and the Bureau's New Order : The Charles Griffin Era, January 1867-Summer 1867
  • 7. Violence, Frustration, and Yellow Fever : The Charles Griffin Era, Summer-Fall 1867
  • 8. General Orders No. 40 and the Freedmen's Bureau's End : The J.J. Reynolds Era, September 1867-December 1868
  • Conclusion: The Subassistant Commissioners in Texas
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B.

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