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02425aam a22004454i 4500 001 8DE358260BD411E8B276BF0197128E48 003 SILO 005 20180207010014 008 170513t20182018nyu e b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017939512 020 $a 1598535552 020 $a 9781598535556 035 $a (OCoLC)987279226 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d JTD $d KFW $d GK8 $d GDK $d CLE $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E668 $b .R4245 2018 050 4 $a E 082 4 $a 973.8 245 00 $a Reconstruction : $b voices from America's first great struggle for racial equality / $c Brooks D. Simpson, editor. 246 3 $a Voices from America's first great struggle for racial equality 264 1 $a New York : $b Library of America, $c [2018] 300 $a xxix, 778 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Library of America ; $v 303 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 690-757) and index. 520 $a "The defeat of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 brought about the final destruction of slavery in the United States. Americans were confronted for the first time with the possibility of creating a republic dedicated to the principle of racial equality. What followed over the next twelve years was one of the most complex, inspiring, and ultimately tragic eras in American history. Reconstruction: Voices From America's First Great Struggle For Racial Equality brings this tumultuous and fateful period to dramatic and violent life through the vivid testimony of more than sixty participants and observers. Here is a vitally important book for anyone interested in this crucial period and its inescapable relevance for today." -- $c Book jacket. 650 0 $a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Race discrimination $z United States $x History. 700 1 $a Simpson, Brooks D., $e editor. 830 0 $a Library of America ; $v 303. 941 $a 7 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806025211.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190530011910.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116040309.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20181010012138.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006113436.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20180731024114.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20180524044813.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DE358260BD411E8B276BF0197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search