On Jordan's Banks [electronic resource] : Emancipation and Its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley /
Bigham, Darrel E.
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,
c2006.
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.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Map: The Ohio River and Surrounding Territories; Prologue: The Ohio River Valley as a Region; Part One: Before the War; 1. Uneasy Slavery in Kentucky along the Ohio; 2. Incomplete Freedom on the North Shore; Part Two: The Impact of the Civil War on Blacks; 3. Conflict and Remnants of Slavery on the South Shore; 4. Blacks and Whites Together and Apart on the North Shore; Part Three: The Postwar Years; 5. Population and Residential Patterns; 6. Free and Equal, with Opportunities and Pains
7. Citizenship and Civil Rights after the Fourteenth Amendment8. The Progress of Blacks and the Ballot Box; 9. Making a Living; Illustrations; 10. Families and Community Life; 11. Black Society; 12. Schools for Blacks; Epilogue: From the 1890s to the Great Depression; Appendix: Population Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-401) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Slaves
African Americans