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the bloody shirt terror after the civil war
a gripping look at terrorist violence during the reconstruction era br between 1867 when the defeated south was forced to establish new state governments that fully represented both black and white citizens and 1877 when the last of these governments was overthrown more than three thousand african americans and their white allies were killed by terrorist violence . drawing on original letters and diaries as well as published racist diatribes of the time acclaimed historian stephen budiansky concentrates his vivid fast paced narrative on the efforts of five heroic mentwo union officers a confederate general a northern entrepreneur and a former slavewho showed remarkable idealism and courage as they struggled to establish a new south in the face of overwhelming hatred and organized resistance . the bloody shirt sheds new light on the violence racism division and heroism of reconstruction a largely forgotten but epochal chapter in american history . br
paperback plume books 2008 isbn13 9780452290167 isbn10 0452290163
abridged n isbn 13 9780452290167 number in series 1 number of pages 322 publisher penguin group usa release date 62135769600000