Bitter freedom
Subtitle: William Stone's record of service in the Freedmen's Bureau
By: edited by Suzanne Stone Johnson and Robert Allison Johnson ; introduction by Lou Falkner Williams.
Contributors: Johnson, Suzanne Stone, 1929-; Johnson, Robert, 1928-
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781570037665
Subjects: Stone, William, -- 1842-1897; United States. -- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; United States. -- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- Officials and employees -- Biography; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina; Freedmen -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century; South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century; South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Edgefield County (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Edgefield County (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Description: This title presents a firsthand account of evolving race relations in Reconstruction South Carolina. It is an insightful evaluation of the pivotal role of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction in war-torn South Carolina as written by a young bureau agent eager to do his part in rebuilding a divided nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.