First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction

by Peter Kolchin

Book Overview

Crucial changes occurred during the years following the Civil War as blacks manifested their desire to live as independently as possible and to reject every social relation reminiscent of slavery.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817355359
• ISBN13: 9780817355357
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"