After Appomattox: How the South Won the War [Hardcover]

Stetson Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

368 pp., paperback,

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From Publishers Weekly

Kennedy (Jim Crow Guide), longtime civil rights activist and student of American racism, argues here that Union victory in the Civil War was almost immediately reversed. Taking full advantage of the federal government's postwar leniency toward their rebellion, unreconstructed Confederates instituted a reign of terror against blacks and their few white supporters. Kennedy documents his case largely with testimonials taken by a congressional committee in 1871-72. They describe a pattern of brutality essentially unchecked by the Union occupying forces. At the same time, the South opened an intellectual offensive that succeeded in convincing its conquerors, well before the Compromise of 1876 gave the Republicans the presidency, that segregation and white supremacy would benefit the entire reunited nation. This depressing account highlights the difficulties of ``reconstructing'' any society unconvinced of a need to change. Illustrations not seen by PW.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 321 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813013410
• ISBN-13: 978-0813013411
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,163,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reconstruction - The Revisionist Angle, December 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: After Appomattox: How the South Won the War (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the evidence to support the assertion that despite losing the war the South was not reconstructed. I did however find that reading 31 different testimonies to the Joint Congressional Committee to be somewhat mundane. This book is a must for anyone who is interested in the history of the reconstruction and have only read the official version of these historical events.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After Appomattox; How the South Won the War, July 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: After Appomattox: How the South Won the War (Paperback)

This is one of the rare true historical accounts as to what happened after the Civil War. The testimonials by the ex-slaves give a chilling, but accurate account of what actually happened. The revisionist historians will probably frown but this is the only true account of "how the south won the war."

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I need an author's biogaphy form., December 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: After Appomattox: How the South Won the War (Paperback)

I can write a review but actually I need an author's biography form so my husband, Stetson Kennedy, can fill it out. If you could e-mail it to him at [e-mail] I will make sure he fills it out.