Civil War and Reconstruction in the Yazoo Mississippi Delta, 1863-1875.

Having constructed a plantation economy in the Yazoo Mississippi Delta, white Delta planters struggled to retain control of African-American labor after the start of the Civil War. In their effort, the planters manipulated the Freedmen's Bureau; passed the Black Code; sought out foreign labor;...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, James Levon, Jr.
Other Authors: Mering, John V.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1992
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186065