Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Reconstructing America) - Tapa dura

Currie, Ruth

 
9780823219377: Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Reconstructing America)
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ISBN 10: 0823219372 ISBN 13: 9780823219377
Editorial: Fordham University Press, 2017

Sinopsis

This is a biography of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. A member of the Eighth Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, Bryant fought at the Battle of the Crater. After his service in the war, he returned to Maine to study law. But, before he finished his degree, he was contacted by his former commander and friend, General Rufus Saxton, to join him in "new work . . . among former slaves in the South" with the Freedmen's Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist the newly freed slaves.

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Acerca del autor

Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. She is the author of Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Fordham).

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This is a biography of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. A member of the Eighth Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, Bryant fought at the Battle of the Crater. After his service in the war, he returned to Maine to study law; however, before he finished his degree, he was contacted by his former commander and friend, General Rufus Saxton, to join him in "new work . . . among former slaves in the South" with the Freedmen's Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist the newly freed slaves.

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Editorial
Fordham University Press
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0823219372
ISBN 13 
9780823219377
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
258
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