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The Resource I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction, Kidada E. Williams

I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction, Kidada E. Williams

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I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction
Title
I saw death coming
Title remainder
a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction
Statement of responsibility
Kidada E. Williams
Title variation
History of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
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. They were besieged by a campaign of white supremacist violence that persisted through the 1880s and beyond. For too long, their lived experiences have been sidelined, impoverishing our understanding of the obstacles post-Civil War Black families faced, their inspiring determination to survive, and the physical and emotional scars they bore because of it. In I Saw Death Coming, Kidada E. Williams offers a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period, transporting readers into the daily existence of formerly enslaved people building hope-filled new lives. Drawing on overlooked sources and bold new readings of the archives, Williams offers a revelatory and, in some cases, minute-by-minute record of nighttime raids and Ku Klux Klan strikes. And she deploys cutting-edge scholarship on trauma to consider how the effects of these attacks would linger for decades--indeed, generations--to come. For readers of Carol Anderson, Tiya Miles, and Clint Smith, I Saw Death Coming is an indelible and essential book that speaks to some of the most pressing questions of our times."--
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Williams, Kidada E
Dewey number
973.80496073
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maps
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.2
LC item number
.W55 2023
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • White supremacy movements
Label
I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction, Kidada E. Williams
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
We had to pick ourselve 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 the life to get over iti -- They never intended to do me justice -- What they did is hurting my family -- A revolution in reverse
Control code
on1260191937
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxv, 351 pages
Isbn
9781635576634
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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map
System control number
(OCoLC)1260191937
Label
I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction, Kidada E. Williams
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
We had to pick ourselve 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 the life to get over iti -- They never intended to do me justice -- What they did is hurting my family -- A revolution in reverse
Control code
on1260191937
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxv, 351 pages
Isbn
9781635576634
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
System control number
(OCoLC)1260191937

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