Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post–Civil War South
The full title as presented in the episode: "Henry Adams' Friedman, Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South" (presentation of testimony)
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This Library of America volume presents the full March 1880 testimony of Henry Adams, a remarkable Black Southerner who served as a soldier and activist and testified before a Senate committee about the exodus of freed people from the South after Reconstruction.
Introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hahn, the edition situates Adams's account within the wider context of violence, disenfranchisement, and labor struggles that drove Black migration.
The testimony illuminates grassroots resistance, the limitations of federal protection after Reconstruction, and the economic and social pressures experienced by African Americans.
By publishing the complete record alongside a scholarly introduction, the volume makes accessible a primary document crucial to understanding the period's upheavals and migrations.
Introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hahn, the edition situates Adams's account within the wider context of violence, disenfranchisement, and labor struggles that drove Black migration.
The testimony illuminates grassroots resistance, the limitations of federal protection after Reconstruction, and the economic and social pressures experienced by African Americans.
By publishing the complete record alongside a scholarly introduction, the volume makes accessible a primary document crucial to understanding the period's upheavals and migrations.
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