Chapter XVII. Taxation and the Public Debt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. List of Illustrations XXI
5. List of Maps XXIII
6. Part I. Introduction
7. Chapter I. Period of Sectional Controversy 3
8. Chapter II. Secession from the Union 27
9. Part II. War Times in Alabama
10. Chapter III. Military and Political Events 61
11. Chapter IV. Economic and Social Conditions 149
12. Part III. The Aftermath of War
13. Chapter V. Social and Economic Disorder 251
14. Chapter VI. Confiscation and the Cotton Tax 284
15. Chapter VII. The Temper of the People 308
16. Part IV. Presidential Restoration
17. Chapter VIII. First Provisional Administration 333
18. Chapter IX. The Second Provisional Administration 376
19. Chapter X. Military Government, 1865–1866 407
20. Chapter XI. The Wards of the Nation 421
21. Part V. Congressional Reconstruction
22. Chapter XII. Military Government Under the Reconstruction Acts 473
23. Chapter XIII. The Campaign of 1867 503
24. Chapter XIV. The “Reconstruction” Convention 517
25. Chapter XV. The “Reconstruction” Completed 531
26. Chapter XVI. The Union League of America 553
27. Part VI. Carpet-Bag and Negro Rule
28. Chapter XVII. Taxation and the Public Debt 571
29. Chapter XVIII. Railroad Legislation and Frauds 587
30. Chapter XIX. Reconstruction in the Schools 606
31. Chapter XX. Reconstruction in the Churches 636
32. Chapter XXI. The Ku Klux Revolution 653
33. Chapter XXII. Reorganization of the Industrial System 710
34. Chapter XXIII. Political and Social Conditions During Reconstruction 735
35. Chapter XXIV. The Overthrow of Reconstruction 771
36. Appendix 804
37. Index 809