Freedom's Lawmakers

A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction

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Eric Foner

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With Freedom's Lawmakers, Eric Foner has assembled the first comprehensive directory of the over 1,500 African Americans who held political office in the South during the Reconstruction era. He has compiled an impressive amount of information about the antebellum status, occupations, property ownership, and military service of these officials - who range from U.S. congressmen to local justices of the peace and constables. This revised paperback edition also contains new material on forty-five officials who were not included in the first edition. In his Introduction, Foner ably analyses and interprets the roles of the black American officeholders. Concise biographies, in alphabetical order, trace the life histories of individuals - many previously unknown - who played important parts in the politics of the period. This useful and informative volume also includes an index by state, by occupation, by office during Reconstruction, by birth status, and by topic.

Author Biography:

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of, among other works, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, winner of the Bancroft Prize, and Nothing but Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy.

Release date NZ

August 30th, 1996

Author

Eric Foner

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

348

Dimensions

197x260x18

ISBN-13

9780807120828

Product ID

3728373

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