Title: At freedom's door
Description: "At Freedom's Door rescues from obscurity the identities, images, and long-term contributions of black leaders who helped to rebuild South Carolina after the Civil War. In seven essays, the contributors to the volume explore the role of African Americans in government and law during Reconstruction in the Palmetto State.

Bringing into focus a legacy not fully recognized, the contributors collectively demonstrate the legal acumen displayed by prominent African Americans and the impact these individuals had on the enactment of substantial constitutional reforms - many of which, though abandoned after Reconstruction, would be resurrected in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Politics and government, African American judges, Race relations, African American lawyers, African American leadership, South Carolina, History, African Americans, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Ethnische Beziehungen, Reconstruction, African americans, politics and government, South carolina, politics and government, United states, race relations, South carolina, history
Places: South Carolina
Time periods: 1865-1950, 19th century