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The failed promise : Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

text The failed promise : Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven)

Summary
"The absorbing narrative of Frederick Douglass's heated struggle with President Andrew Johnson reveals a new perspective on Reconstruction's demise. When Andrew Johnson rose to the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, African American... Read more
Contents
Southern Unionist -- The Mission of the War -- "Abraham Lincoln Dies, the Republic Lives" -- "There Is No Such Thing as Reconstruction" -- A Moses in the White House -- The Black Delegation Visits a Moses of Their People -- The President's Riots -... Read more
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xxii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company 2021
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.8 LEV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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