Carpetbagger of Conscience by Ruth Currie
This is a biography of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. A member of the Eighth Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, Bryant fought at the Battle of the Crater. After his service in the war, he returned to Maine to study law; however, before he finished his degree, he was contacted by his former commander and friend, General Rufus Saxton, to join him in new work . . . among former slaves in the South with the Freedmen's Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist the newly freed slaves.-
A New Birth of Freedom
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The Retreats of Reconstruction
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Confederate Phoenix
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The Great Task Remaining Before Us
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Abolitionist Twilights
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Emma Spaulding Bryant
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A Free Ballot and a Fair Count
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The Doom of Reconstruction
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Imperfect Equality
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New Men
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The Civil War Confiscation Acts
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Preserving the Constitution
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A Contested Terrain
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Our Onward March
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Embracing Emancipation
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Unforgettable Sacrifice
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The Political Reconstruction of American Tobacco, 1862-1933
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Reconstruction and Empire
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Educational Reconstruction
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Continent in Crisis
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The Civil War and the Summer of 2020
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Reimagining the Republic
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The Politics of Judicial Interpretation
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Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau
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Freedoms Gained and Lost
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Impeachment of a President
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Too Great a Burden to Bear
Gracefully written, abreast of current scholarship, the book is abundantly documented and equipped with a good bibliography- -Choice Currie-McDaniel provides a convincing portrait of Bryant the man and the politician... This sound biography will be of interest to students of ... Reconstruction history... -The Journal of American History The book boasts an impressive, up-to-date array of primary and previously published sources. Currie-McDaniel uses these materials skillfully... -Civil War Times
Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780823219384 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823219380 |
| Title | Carpetbagger of Conscience |
| Author | Ruth Currie |
| Series | Reconstructing America |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 1999-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 238 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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