African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877
by Joe M. Richardson
University of Alabama Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8173-5524-1 Library of Congress Classification E185.93.F5R53 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 975.9061
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Exploration of African American contributions to the state ofFloridaduring the era of Reconstruction
Despite their shortcomings, “radical” politicians, including African Americans, made worthy contributions to the state of Florida during the era of Reconstruction. Joe Richardson disputes many of the misconceptions about the state’s debt and corruption by exploring how some African American politicians were quite capable and learned their duties quickly. Even more remarkable was the rapidity with which the unlettered ex-slaves absorbed education and adjusted to their status as free men. African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida delves into the problems encountered by the freed men and traces their successes and failures during the first decade after emancipation.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Joe M. Richardson is Emeritus Professor of history, Florida State University, and is the author of A History of Fisk University, Christian Reconstruction: The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890, and with Maxine D. Jones, Talladega College: The First Century, and is editor of The Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker.
REVIEWS
“A valuable [and] thorough mining of available sources . . . a very inclusive account of . . . life has been attempted, incorporating reactions to emancipation, early adjustments to freedom, health, family life, legal status and legal injustice, occupations, landownership and farm labor arrangements, religion, politics, education, and violence. A generous amount of the general economic and political history of Florida Reconstruction is interwoven. . . . Richardson has researched widely and assiduously.”
—Journal of American History
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I
Florida after the War
II
Emancipation
III
The Freedmen's Bureau
IV
Adjustment to Freedom
V
The Freedmen's Bureau and Justice for the Florida Negro
VI
Negro Labor and Occupations
VII
The Negro Farmer
VIII
Negro Religion
IX
The Freedmen's Bureau and Negro Education in Florida
X
Education Under "Carpetbag" Rule
XI
Military Rule and the Provisional Government
XII
Military Reconstruction and the Constitutional Convention of 1868
African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877
by Joe M. Richardson
University of Alabama Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8173-5524-1
Exploration of African American contributions to the state ofFloridaduring the era of Reconstruction
Despite their shortcomings, “radical” politicians, including African Americans, made worthy contributions to the state of Florida during the era of Reconstruction. Joe Richardson disputes many of the misconceptions about the state’s debt and corruption by exploring how some African American politicians were quite capable and learned their duties quickly. Even more remarkable was the rapidity with which the unlettered ex-slaves absorbed education and adjusted to their status as free men. African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida delves into the problems encountered by the freed men and traces their successes and failures during the first decade after emancipation.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Joe M. Richardson is Emeritus Professor of history, Florida State University, and is the author of A History of Fisk University, Christian Reconstruction: The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890, and with Maxine D. Jones, Talladega College: The First Century, and is editor of The Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker.
REVIEWS
“A valuable [and] thorough mining of available sources . . . a very inclusive account of . . . life has been attempted, incorporating reactions to emancipation, early adjustments to freedom, health, family life, legal status and legal injustice, occupations, landownership and farm labor arrangements, religion, politics, education, and violence. A generous amount of the general economic and political history of Florida Reconstruction is interwoven. . . . Richardson has researched widely and assiduously.”
—Journal of American History
— -
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I
Florida after the War
II
Emancipation
III
The Freedmen's Bureau
IV
Adjustment to Freedom
V
The Freedmen's Bureau and Justice for the Florida Negro
VI
Negro Labor and Occupations
VII
The Negro Farmer
VIII
Negro Religion
IX
The Freedmen's Bureau and Negro Education in Florida
X
Education Under "Carpetbag" Rule
XI
Military Rule and the Provisional Government
XII
Military Reconstruction and the Constitutional Convention of 1868
XIII
Lawlessness in Florida
XIV
Negro Politicians
XV
An Evaluation of "Radical" Reconstruction
XVI
The End of an Era
Bibliography
Index
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC