Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue: The View from Atlanta, 1895 1
5. 1. The Northern Postwar Vision, 1865–1867 6
6. 2. The Mixed Blessing of Universal Suffrage, 1867–1870 41
7. 3. Black Workers and the South Carolina Government, 1871–1875 83
8. 4. Civil Rights and the Growth of the National Government, 1870–1883 122
9. 5. The Black Exodus from the South, 1879–1880 156
10. 6. The Un-American Negro, 1880–1900 183
11. Epilogue: Booker T. Washington Rises Up from Slavery, 1901 225
12. Notes 247
13. Index 303