Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
From one of our most distinguished historians comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War.
Read more
Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Eric Foner places a new emphasis on black experiences and roles during the era. We see African Americans as active agents in overthrowing slavery, in shaping Reconstruction, and creating a legacy long obscured and misunderstood. He compellingly refutes long-standing misconceptions of Reconstruction, and shows how the failures of the time sowed the seeds of the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s. Richly illustrated and movingly written, this is an illuminating and essential addition to our understanding of this momentous era.
Liked Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen Shares history, American history, nonfiction -
Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War Shares history, civil war, American history -
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Shares history, civil war, nonfiction -
Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877 Shares history, nonfiction, American history
“People who read Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction tend to reach for these next.”
“If you want more of the same (history about american history), start with these.”
“If it was the American history that hooked you, try one of these.”
-
The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era
-
The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
-
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
-
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
