Title |
Redemption : : the last battle of the Civil War
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Names |
Lemann, Nicholas.
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Book Number |
BR017190
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Volume 3.
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Annotation |
Chronicles post-Civil War Reconstruction's degeneration into Jim Crow laws. Describes the 1873 Easter Sunday massacre in Colfax, Louisiana, and the armed campaign of racial violence. Highlights the attempts of former Union general Adelbert Ames, governor of Mississippi, to preserve black civil rights. Violence and some strong language. 2006.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Adult Book - AD
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Short Book - SH
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Braille Book Review, Mar-Apr 2008 - B208
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Audience Notes |
Contains strong language.
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Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
African Americans - Segregation - Southern States - History
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African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States - History
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Violence - Southern States - History - 19th century
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Southern States - Race relations - History - 19th century
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Southern States - History - 1865-1951
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Southern States - Politics and government - 1865-1950
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Call Number |
975.00496073 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2006
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2006 (Braille International, Inc., transcribing agency. Braille International, Inc., distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Reproduction of: 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
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