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I saw Death Coming : : a History of Terror and Survival in the war Against Reconstruction

Williams, Kidada E. Book - 2023 973.804 Wi, Black Studies 973.804 Wi, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century / Williams, Kidada E. 5 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 2 out of 5

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"The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it. In I Saw Death Coming, Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades--indeed, generations--to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times."-- Provided by publisher.

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Disappointing submitted by apf1950 on October 23, 2023, 9:58pm This is example after example of white terror during Reconstructions organized into chapters with titles too clever by half that give no indication of a chapter's focus. Even the conclusion doesn't provide a succinct synopsis of this dreadful period in US history.

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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 351 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781635576634
1635576636

SUBJECTS
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.
White supremacy movements -- United States.