Sixteen tales offer insights into the lives of African Americans after the Civil War, recounting the promise of northward migration, the horrors of lynching, and the complexity of relationships between former slaves and masters. Intro -- Title Page...
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Sixteen tales offer insights into the lives of African Americans after the Civil War, recounting the promise of northward migration, the horrors of lynching, and the complexity of relationships between former slaves and masters. Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Note -- Foreword -- Contents -- I The Scapegoat -- II One Christmas at Shiloh. -- III The Mission of Mr. Scatters -- IV A Matter of Doctrine -- V Old Abe's Conversion -- VI The Race Question -- VII A Defender of the Faith -- VIII Cahoots -- IX The Promoter -- X The Wisdom of Silence -- XI The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease -- XII The Lynching of Jube Benson -- XIII Schwalliger's Philanthropy -- XIV The Interference of Patsy Ann -- XV The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith -- XVI The Boy and the Bayonet.
