{"product_id":"reconstruction-in-mississippi-1862-1877-hardcover","title":"Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJere Nash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the ten-year period following the end of the Civil War, Mississippians responded to broader movements in the country, to changes in the national and international economy, and to congressional and presidential initiatives as they worked to recover from the devastation of war and pursue new expressions of freedom. \u003ci\u003eReconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling account of how Black Mississippians embraced this freedom and how white Mississippians could not. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recording the mechanics of how the Confederate states were allowed to resume representation in Congress, the restoration of civil governments, and the political freedoms the formerly enslaved people acquired, \u003ci\u003eReconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877\u003c\/i\u003e documents the ways economic freedoms, such as the acquisition of land and the negotiation of fair labor contracts, evolved. Jere Nash begins this exploration with how the formerly enslaved men and women changed the political landscape for Abraham Lincoln by taking matters into their own hands as the Union Army moved into Mississippi in 1862. Nash then traces the federal occupation of the state, the adoption of the infamous Black Codes by the state legislature in 1865, the drafting and approval of the new constitution in 1869, the selection of the first two Black men ever to serve in the United States Senate, and the use of terror and fraud by white Democrats to steal the election of 1875 and regain political power. \u003ci\u003eReconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 \u003c\/i\u003eis a detailed and comprehensive history of this turbulent and eventful era in Mississippi.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJere Nash \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea native of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a political consultant for forty-five years, and is coauthor of three books of Mississippi history. His first book, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Andy Taggart, won awards from the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978196320557,"sku":"9781496858535","price":35.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/5fXJF0GcJt9781496858535.webp?v=1775800960","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/reconstruction-in-mississippi-1862-1877-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}