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Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood), 1874-1932 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The Columbia University Press, 1905.
Series:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Alabama.
Slavery > Alabama.
Plantation life > Alabama > History > 19th century.
Alabama > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Alabama > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Period of sectional controversy
  • Secession from the Union
  • Military and political events
  • Economic and social conditions
  • Social and economic disorder
  • Confiscation and the cotton tax
  • The temper of the people
  • First provisional administration
  • Second provisional administration
  • Military government, 1865-1866
  • The wards of the nation
  • Military government under the Reconstruction Acts
  • The campaign of 1867
  • The "Reconstruction" Convention
  • The "Reconstruction" Completed
  • The Union League of America
  • Taxation and the public debt
  • Railroad legislation and frauds
  • Reconstruction in the schools
  • Reconstruction in the churches
  • The Klu Klux revolution
  • Reorganization of the industrial system
  • Political and social conditions during Reconstruction
  • The overthrow of Reconstruction
  • Successes and failures of Reconstruction
  • Appendices: Production of cotton in Alabama, 1860-1900
  • Registration of voters under the new constitution.