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Rebels on the border : Civil War, emancipation, and the reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Astor, Aaron, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Series:Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Subjects:
Missouri > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Kentucky > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Kentucky > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Missouri.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Kentucky.
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Table of Contents:
  • Building the western middle ground
  • In defense of slavery and union
  • Rebels in black and white
  • Holding Kentucky and Missouri for the union
  • Dual rebellion and the death of conservative unionism
  • Black soldiers and regulator violence
  • The perils and promise of self-reconstruction
  • Remaking the white man's democracy
  • Black suffrage and the new political order.