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Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
by W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois, W. (1999). Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880. Free Press.


Free Press, 1999. 746 pages. Paperback. 9780684856575

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abeyance »
8 months, 3 weeks ago
notable
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there i…
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portentous »
8 months, 3 weeks ago
notable
(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a po…
p.318
traduce »
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notable
(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of fa…
p.218
tocsin »
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notable
an alarm bell or signal (from Old French)
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choked in chain-gangs
8 months, 3 weeks ago
On this and in spite of this comes an extraordina…
p.680
to prefer poverty to equality with the Negro
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The race element was emphasized in order that pro…
p.634
leaving grotesque Profits and Poverty
8 months, 3 weeks ago
God wept; but that mattered little to an unbeliev…
p.611
his demand for land
8 months, 3 weeks ago
He had, then, but one clear economic ideal and th…
p.604
the work and striving of the great millions
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This charge against the poor, frequent as it alwa…

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Introduction

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Introduction

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I. The Black Worker

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I. The Black Worker

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II. The White Worker

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II. The White Worker

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III. The Planter: IV. The General Strike

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IV. The General Strike

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III. The Planter: V. The Coming of the Lord

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V. The Coming of the Lord

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III. The Planter: VI. Looking Backward

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VI. Looking Backward

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III. The Planter: VII. Looking Forward

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VII. Looking Forward

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III. The Planter: VIII. Transubstantiation of a Poor White

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VIII. Transubstantiation of a Poor White

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III. The Planter: IX. The Price of Disaster

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IX. The Price of Disaster

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III. The Planter: X. The Black Proletariat in South Carolina

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X. The Black Proletariat in South Carolina

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III. The Planter: XI. The Black Proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana

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XI. The Black Proletariat in Mississippi and Louisiana

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III. The Planter: XII. The White Proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida

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XII. The White Proletariat in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida

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III. The Planter: XIII. The Duel for Labor Control on Border and Frontier

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XIII. The Duel for Labor Control on Border and Frontier

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III. The Planter: XIV. Counter-Revolution of Property

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XIV. Counter-Revolution of Property

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III. The Planter: XV. Founding the Public School

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XV. Founding the Public School

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III. The Planter: XVI. Back Toward Slavery

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XVI. Back Toward Slavery

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III. The Planter: XVII. The Propaganda of History

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