On Jordan's Banks: Emancipation and Its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley (Ohio River Valley Series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0813123666
ISBN 13
9780813123660
Category
History--Ohio
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
456
Subject
African Americans -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
Description
This comprehensive history examines communities on the northern and southern shores of the Ohio River that developed as a consequence of the Civil War. Darrel E. Bigham describes how these communities were shaped by the presence or absence of slavery and how the abolition of slavery and the rise of free labor became the rule of law on both banks. Focusing on this critical period of vast social, economic, and political change, Bigham demonstrates that African Americans on both sides of the river made remarkable advances in spite of being offered little with which to make a meaningful new start.
Number of Copies
1
