1st Edition

African-Americans and Non-Agricultural Labor in the South 1865-1900

By Donald G. Nieman Copyright 1994
400 Pages
by Routledge

This is Volume 4 of 12 of a series on the African American Life in Post-Emancipation South, 1861 to 1900. It focuses on African Americans and non-agricultural labor in the South between 1865 and the 1900s. Looking at urban life away from the stereotypical image of farmers in the countryside it shows African American workers as having an integral role in the economic life of southern cities and... Read more
1. THE DAY OF THE JUBILEE, 2. THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU AND BLACK FREEDOM, 3. FROM SLAVERY TO SHARECROPPING, 4. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NON-AGRICULTURAL LABOR IN THE SOUTH, 1865-1900, 5. THE POLITICS OF FREEDOM, 6. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND SOUTHERN POLITICS FROM REDEMPTION TO DISFRANCHISEMENT, 7. BLACK FREEDOM/WHITE VIOLENCE, 1865-1900, 8. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY IN THE SOUTH, 1861-1900, 9. CHURCH AND COMMUNITY AMONG BLACK SOUTHERNERS, 1865-1900, 10. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH, 1865-1900, 11. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SEGREGATION, 1865-1900, 12. BLACK SOUTHERNERS AND THE LAW, 1865-1900

Biography

Donald G. Nieman, Clemson University