In the summer of 1866, racial tensions ran high in Louisiana as a constitutional convention considered disenfranchising former Confederates and enfranchising blacks. On July 30, a procession of black suffrage supporters pushed through an angry throng of hostile whites. Words were exchanged, shots rang out, and within minutes a riot erupted with unrestrained fury. When it was over, at least forty-eight men—an overwhelming majority of them black—lay dead and more than two hundred had been wounded. In An Absolute Massacre, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., examines the events surrounding the confrontation and offers a compelling look at the racial tinderbox that was the post-Civil War South.

Examines the social, political, and economic forces that interacted to produce the most notable of the South's Reconstruction riots.

""History of Reconstruction in Louisiana: Through 1868"" is a historical book written by John Rose Ficklen and published in 1911. The book provides a detailed account of the reconstruction period in Louisiana, which lasted from 1865 to 1877. The author focuses on the years up to 1868, which saw significant political and social changes in the state after the Civil War. The book covers various topics such as the establishment of military rule in Louisiana, the formation of the state constitution, the role of African Americans in politics and society, and the conflicts between different political factions. Ficklen also examines the impact of Reconstruction on the economy, education, and law enforcement in Louisiana. The author draws on a range of primary sources, including government documents, newspapers, and personal accounts, to provide a comprehensive overview of the period. He also includes numerous maps and illustrations to help readers understand the geography and events of the time. Overall, ""History of Reconstruction in Louisiana: Through 1868"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Louisiana, the Reconstruction era, or American politics and society in the 19th century.Also Includes The Trade Union Label By Ernest R. Spedden; The Doctrine Of The State In The United States By Karl Singewald; David Ricardo, A Centenary Estimate By Jacob H. Hollander.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

An unprecedented account of one of the bloodiest and most significant racial clashes in American history In May 1866, just a year after the Civil War ended, Memphis erupted in a three-day spasm of racial violence that saw whites rampage through the city's black neighborhoods. By the time the fires consuming black churches and schools were put out, forty-six freed slaves had been murdered. Congress, furious at this and other evidence of white resistance in the conquered South, launched what is now called Radical Reconstruction, policies to ensure the freedom of the region's four million blacks-and one of the most remarkable experiments in American history. Stephen V. Ash's A Massacre in Memphis is a portrait of a Southern city that opens an entirely new view onto the Civil War, slavery, and its aftermath. A momentous national event, the riot is also remarkable for being "one of the best-documented episodes of the American nineteenth century." Yet Ash is the first to mine the sources available to full effect. Bringing postwar Memphis, Tennessee to vivid life, he takes us among newly arrived Yankees, former Rebels, boisterous Irish immigrants, and striving freed people, and shows how Americans of the period worked, prayed, expressed their politics, and imagined the future. And how they died: Ash's harrowing and profoundly moving present-tense narration of the riot has the immediacy of the best journalism. Told with nuance, grace, and a quiet moral passion, A Massacre in Memphis is Civil War-era history like no other.