The Negro in Mississippi, 1865-1890. [Lengthy Author’s Inscription]

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With a lengthy and warm inscription, signed, from the author to historian Fletcher M. Green thanking him for his help with the book.

The text of this publication is entirely devoted to Wharton’s exhaustive and scholarly study of what life was like for African Americans in 19th century Mississippi. Wharton focuses upon slavery, the transition from slavery to freedom, the Freedmen’s Bureau, efforts to displace Black laborers, migration patterns, political life during Reconstruction, race relations, crime and convicts among black Mississippians, social life and customs. With an extensive bibliography; index.

The book is from the publisher’s Studies in History and Political Science series.

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