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Confederate Veteran; v.10(1902)
(Hardcover)
Tenn ) Confederate Veteran (Nashville, Confederated Southern Memorial Associ, Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organiz
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R1,042
Discovery Miles 10 420
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In Rebel Salvation, Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius examines pardon
petitions from former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers in
Tennessee to craft a unique and comprehensive analysis of the
process of Reconstruction in the Volunteer State after the Civil
War. These underutilized petitions contain a wealth of information
about Tennesseans from an array of social and economic backgrounds,
and include details about many residents who would otherwise not
appear in the historical record. They reveal the dynamics at work
between multiple factions in the state: former Rebels, Unionists,
Governor William G. Brownlow, and the U.S. Army officers
responsible for ushering Tennessee back into the Union. The pardons
also illuminate the reality of the politically and emotionally
charged post-Civil War environment, where everyone-from wealthy
elites to impoverished sharecroppers-who had fought, supported, or
expressed sympathy for the Confederacy was required by law to sue
for pardon to reclaim certain privileges. All such requests arrived
at the desk of President Andrew Johnson, who ultimately determined
which petitioners regained the right to vote, hold office, practice
law, operate a business, and buy and sell land. Those individuals
filing petitions experienced Reconstruction in personal and
profound ways. Supplicants wrote and circulated their exoneration
documents among loyalist neighbors, friends, and Union officers to
obtain favorable endorsements that might persuade Brownlow and
Johnson to grant pardon. Former Rebels relayed narratives about the
motivating factors compelling them to side with the Confederacy,
chronicled their actions during the war, expressed repentance, and
pledged allegiance to the United States government and the
Constitution. Although not required, many petitioners even sought
recommendations from their former wartime foes. The pardoning of
former Confederates proved a collaborative process in which
neighbors, acquaintances, and erstwhile enemies lodged formal pleas
to grant or deny clemency from state and federal officials. Indeed,
as Rebel Salvation reveals, the long road to peace began here in
the newly reunited communities of postwar Tennessee.
From lesser-known state figures to the ancestors of Oprah Winfrey,
Morgan Freeman, and James Meredith, Mississippi Zion: The Struggle
for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915 brings the voices and
experiences of everyday people to the forefront and reveals a
history dictated by people rather than eras. Author Evan Howard
Ashford, a native of the county, examines how African Americans in
Attala County, after the Civil War, shaped economic, social, and
political politics as a nonmajority racial group. At the same time,
Ashford provides a broader view of Black life occurring throughout
the state during the same period. By examining southern African
American life mainly through Reconstruction and the civil rights
movement, historians have long mischaracterized African Americans
in Mississippi by linking their empowerment and progression solely
to periods of federal assistance. This book shatters that model and
reframes the postslavery era as a Liberation Era to examine how
African Americans pursued land, labor, education, politics,
community building, and progressive race relations to position
themselves as societal equals. Ashford salvages Attala County from
this historical misconception to give Mississippi a new history. He
examines African Americans as autonomous citizens whose liberation
agenda paralleled and intersected the vicious redemption agenda,
and he shows the struggle between Black and white citizens for
societal control. Mississippi Zion provides a fresh examination
into the impact of Black politics on creating the anti-Black
apparatuses that grounded the state's infamous Jim Crow society.
The use of photographs provides an accurate aesthetic of rural
African Americans and their connection to the historical moment.
This in-depth perspective captures the spectrum of African American
experiences that contradict and nuance how historians write,
analyze, and interpret southern African American life in the
postslavery era.
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(Hardcover)
John Davis B 1842 Billings
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Discovery Miles 10 410
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