Fenians, Freedmen, and Southern Whites: Race and Nationality in the Era of Reconstruction

by Mitchell Snay

Book Overview

After the American Civil War, several movements for ethnic separatism and political self-determination significantly shaped the course of Reconstruction. The Union Leagues, which began during the war to support the northern effort, spread to the South after the war and mobilized African Americans to fight for their political rights and economic security. Opposing the Leagues was the Ku Klux Klan, which used intimidation and violence to maintain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807137162
• ISBN13: 9780807137161
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"