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Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

by W.E.B. Du Bois · 1935

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The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time.

Subject
historypoliticssociologyeconomicsphilosophy
Genre
war and militaryamerican civil warhistorical fiction
Themes
raceafrican americanamerican historyhistorysocial justice
Setting
civil warUSA
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 768 pages

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