Title: Seizing the new day : African Americans in post-Civil War Charleston /
Authors: Jenkins, Wilbert L., 1953-
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Freed persons South Carolina Charleston History; African Americans South Carolina Charleston History; African Americans History; Charleston (S.C.) Race relations.
Contents: The dark before the dawn: black Charleston before emancipation -- Thank God we are a free people: emancipation arrives in Charleston -- We only ask for a chance: the struggle of Charleston's freedmen for economic independence -- We gotta get us some book lernin': the role of black Charlestonians in freedmen's literacy -- We are all brothers and sisters: black family and community life in Charleston during reconstruction -- We must have our own house of worship: the exit of Charleston's freedmen from white churches -- Freedom is a constant struggle: resistance and self-protection by Charleston's freedmen.