This article is from the U.S. Civil War FAQ, by Justin M. Sanders jsanders@jaguar1.usouthal.edu with numerous contributions by others.
Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution. 1990.
A comprehensive history of the Reconstruction period, and the effects
of the abolition of slavery on the Southern economy and Southern society.
Emphasizes the central role that blacks played in Reconstruction.
 
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