Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama

Recounts the rise & fall of African Americans in Alabama politics during the Reconstruction; delves into their efforts to establish banks, labor unions, newspapers, churches, schools, & the Alabama Republican party. Also distills the role of the Freedmen's Bureau, Union Leaguer, & American Missionary Association in their rise to power; outlines their prewar activities, especially their occupations, manumissions, quest for an education, & service to the Union or Confederacy; argues that blacks were loyal members of the party & were especially crippled when intraparty strife & federal programs failed to move them beyond emancipation, emphasizes the reasons for the decline of the black officeholding; includes two maps, eight tables, & numerous rare photographs. Among the 14 appendices is some correspondence of these lawmakers, data on Alabama's black schools, name & hometown of AMA teachers, identification of black major & minor officeholders, & a recapitulation of the number of slaves & slaveholders in 1850. Discounts available for multiple copies. Call 1-800-484-8620, ext. 5198 (orders only), 205-284-5845 (inquiries only), or 205-281-4904 (fax orders). Richard Bailey Publishers, P.O. Box 1264, Montgomery, AL 36102-1264.Bailey, Richard is the author of 'Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama' with ISBN 9780962721847 and ISBN 0962721840.