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Seizing the New Day : African Americans in Post-Civil War Charleston
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Historian Wilbert Jenkins sheds light on how former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, in an attempt to adjust to freedom after the Civil War and gain control over their own lives, battled whites trying to regain control. Using autobiographies, slave narratives, Freedmen's Bureau letters and papers, and many other documents, Jenkins focuses on the freedmen's hopes and aspirations. 30 photos.
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- ISBN-13: 9780253333803
- ISBN-10: 0253333806
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publish Date: July 1998
- Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.42 x 1.02 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.18 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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