Dаy Frееdom Diеd, Thе: Thе Colfаx Mаssаcrе, thе Suprеmе Court, аnd thе Bеtrаyаl of Rеconstruction
Publisher: Brilliаncе Αudio on СD Unаbridgеd Lib Ed
Number of Pages: 0
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $107.25
America after the Civil War was a land of shattered promises and entrenched hatreds. In the explosive South, danger took many forms: white extremists loyal to a defeated world terrorized former slaves, while in the halls of government, bitter and byzantine political warfare raged between Republicans and Democrats. In The Day Freedom Died, Charles Lane draws us vividly into this war-torn world with a true story whose larger dimensions have never been fully explored. Here is the epic tale of the Colfax Massacre, the mass murder of more than sixty black men on Easter Sunday 1873 that propelled a ...