I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction
by Williams, Kidada E. (Author)
Summary
"The story of Reconstruction is often told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and journalists whose accounts claim an outsized place in collective memory. But this pivotal era looked very different to African Americans in the South transitioning from bondage to freedom after 1865. Th... Full description
- We had to pick ourselves up
- The devil was turned loose
- I didn't know how soon they might come to send me up
- They deviled us a while
- I don't ever expect in this life to get over it
- They never intended to do me justice
- What they did is hurting my family
- A revolution in reverse.