Reconstruction, The Negro, and the New South edited by Lawanda Cox and John H. Cox

A very nice, clean, hardcover copy of the book, "Reconstruction, The Negro, and the New South" edited by Lawanda Cox and John H. Cox from the City University of New York. A collection of documentation that illustrates the situation related to the reconstruction of the South following the Civil War, (pillaging and plundering), and the progress of the Negroes as a result of their new found freedom, using the records of the Freedmen's Bureau which provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war. It helped freed people establish schools, purchase land, locate family members, and legalize marriages. 425 pages with Fast Shipping!

Condition Notes: Grades VG+ with shelf wear, complete dust jacket, strong binding and clean pages