When the war was over : The failure of self-reconstruction in the South, 1865-1867 PDF
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Winner of the Jules F. Landry Award for This page intentionally left blank When the War Was Over This page intentionally left blank When the War Was Over The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, 1865—1867 Dan T. Carter Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Copyright © 1985 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Linotron Monticello Typesetter: G&S Typesetters, Inc. Publication of this book has been assisted by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carter, Dan T. When the war was over. Includes index. i. Reconstruction 2. Southern States—History—1865-1877. I. Title. E668.C28 1985 97501 84-21315 188X0-8071-1192-9 ISBN 0-8071-1204-6 (pbk.) Portions of Chapter VI appeared previously, in slightly different form, in an article, " The Anatomy of Fear: The Christmas Day Insurrection Scare of 1865," published in the August 1976 issue of the Journal of Southern History (XLI1, pp. 345-64). The author is grateful to the managing editor for permission to reprint this material. Louisiana Paperback Edition, 1985 06 05 04 03 02 01 oo 99 98 98765 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. © To my Mother and Father This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction i Chapter I Social Disorder and Violence in the Land of the Vanquished 6 Chapter II Self-Reconstruction Begins: The Failure of Strait-Sect Unionism 24 Chapter III Southern Realism and Southern Honor: The Limits of Self- Reconstruction 61 Chapter IV Uncertain Prophets in the Land of the Vanquished 96 Chapter V The Proslavery Argument in a World Without Slavery 147 Chapter VI Self-Reconstruction: The Final Act 176 Chapter VII Political Alternatives in the Land of Fog and Confusion 233 Index 277
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