The day freedom died : the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction / Charles Lane.

Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty Negroes who had occupied a courtho...

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Main Author: Lane, Charles, 1961-
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xviii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Call Number: F379.C59 L36 2008
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