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| − | '''Freedmen''' were freed slaves, especially during [[Reconstruction]] of the U.S. after 1863. The term includes both men and women. | + | '''Freedmen''' were freed slaves, especially during [[Reconstruction]] of the [[U.S.]] after 1863. The term includes both men and women. The most important agency was the [[Freedmen's Bureau]], a unit of the [[U.S. Army]]. |
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| | The most famous Freedman was [[Booker T. Washington]]. | | The most famous Freedman was [[Booker T. Washington]]. |
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| − | ==see also== | + | ==See also== |
| | * [[Black History]] | | * [[Black History]] |
| | + | * [[Freedmen's Bureau]] |
| | * [[Reconstruction]] | | * [[Reconstruction]] |
| − | | + | * [[The South]] |
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
| | + | * Belz, Herman. ''A New Birth of Freedom: The Republican Party and Freedmen's Rights, 1861-1866.'' (1976). 199 pp. by a leading conservative historian [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=JDbLcWQTnBNJTyMMChDYzXnvK4yZXVGh7L8z13hwrhSCdyBTbbFy!830200437!-53255609?a=o&d=114382183 online edition] |
| | * Du Bois, W.E.B. "Reconstruction and its Benefits," ''American Historical Review'', 15 (July, 1910), 781—99 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28191007%2915%3A4%3C781%3ARAIB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T JSTOR], by leading black historian | | * Du Bois, W.E.B. "Reconstruction and its Benefits," ''American Historical Review'', 15 (July, 1910), 781—99 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28191007%2915%3A4%3C781%3ARAIB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T JSTOR], by leading black historian |
| | * Foner, Eric. ''Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.'' 2005. 268 pp. popular version from [[neoabolitionist]] perspective | | * Foner, Eric. ''Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.'' 2005. 268 pp. popular version from [[neoabolitionist]] perspective |
| − | * Litwack, Leon. ''Been in the Storm So Long'' (1979). Pulitzer Prize; focus on the African Americans from [[neoabolitionist]] perspective | + | * Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffrey R. ''Freedpeople in the Tobacco South: Virginia, 1860-1900.'' (1999). 345 pp. |
| − | | + | * Litwack, Leon. ''Been in the Storm So Long'' (1979). Pulitzer Prize; focus on the African Americans from [[neoabolitionist]] perspective |
| | + | * Rabinowitz, Howard N. ''Race Relations in the Urban South, 1865-1890.'' (1978). 441 pp. |
| | + | * Ransom, Roger L. and Sutch, Richard. ''One Kind of Freedom: The Economic Consequences of Emancipation.'' (1977). 409 pp. statistical studies |
| | ===Primary sources=== | | ===Primary sources=== |
| − | * Fleming, Walter L. ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational, and Industrial'' 2 vol (1906). Uses broad collection of primary sources; vol 1 on national politics; vol 2 on states; [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 493 pp online] and [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 480 pp online] | + | * Berlin, Ira, ed/ ''Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.'' (1982- ), multivolume collection |
| − | | + | * Fleming, Walter L. ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational, and Industrial'' 2 vol (1906). Uses broad collection of primary sources; vol 1 on national politics; vol 2 on states; [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 493 pp online] and [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 480 pp online] |
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| − | ==see also== | + | ==See also== |
| | * [[Black History]] | | * [[Black History]] |
| | * [[Freedman's Bureau]] | | * [[Freedman's Bureau]] |
| | * [[Reconstruction]] | | * [[Reconstruction]] |
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| − | [[category:Reconstruction]] | + | [[Category:Reconstruction]] |
| − | [[category:Slavery]] | + | [[Category:Slavery]] |
| − | [[category:Black History]] | + | [[Category:Black History]] |
| − | [[category:The South]] | + | [[Category:The South]] |
| − | [[category:American Civil War]] | + | [[Category:American Civil War]] |