Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.
Contents:
The North confronts the question -- War's proving ground -- Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future -- Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind -- Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- The Hampton Roads conference -- 1865 and beyond -- Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.
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