CSPAN2 Book Discussion On The Wars Of Reconstruction February 10, 2014
Its good to be back. I was asked to talk for about 30 minutes and that leaves time for question, discussion and may be disagreement. Let me start with a story. When the war ended, a lot of black soldiers were with the ct so they decided to stay put where they were in the south. Some were working class backgrounds and in the north they were underpaid and they had no reason to go back home. The 180,000 who served in the armed forces, 140,000 word former slaves and had no business to return to and ...
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