{"product_id":"the-testimony-of-henry-adams-freedman-hope-terror-and-exodus-in-the-post-civil-war-south-hardcover","title":"The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman: Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South - 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\u003eHenry Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteven Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FORGOTTEN EPISODE FROM THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION: An extraordinary American hero travels to the nation's capital to tell an unforgettable story of violence, resistance, and social action in the post-Civil War South. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Black History Month, the never-before-published testimony with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 1880 a committee of the U.S. Senate investigating the ongoing \"Negro Exodus\" from the South heard two days of testimony from an extraordinary American. A freedman, former soldier, laborer, faith healer, political activist, and sometime undercover government operative, Henry Adams was one of the leaders of the exodus movement in Louisiana. In his exchanges with the senators and his written testimony, Adams chronicles: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe nightmarish violence and insidious economic exploitation inflicted upon the freedpeople by \"the very men who held us slaves\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe defiant Black resistance of voters determined to go to the polls in the face of systemic terrorism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehis work with \"the committee,\" a secret group of workingmen who sought to learn \"the true condition of our race\" throughout the South.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e presents the entirety of Adams's questioning by the committee and the five documents he submitted for the record, including the enumeration of hundreds of cases of atrocities perpetrated in the cause of white supremacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fascinating, never-before-available text provides an illuminating perspective on Reconstruction as it was experienced \"from below,\" far removed from Washington and the major cities of the South. Adams's remarkable testimony is a tribute to Black determination and self-reliance that looks forward to the Great Migration of the twentieth century. It is also a terrifying and timely reminder of the fragility of democracy in the face of unrestrained lawlessness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY ADAMS\u003c\/b\u003e was born into slavery in Georgia in 1843 and brought to Louisiana at age seven. Emancipated in June 1865, he learned to read and write while serving in the army. In 1869 Adams settled in Caddo Parish and worked as a wood cutter, mill operator, and sometime plantation manager. He also became active in \"the committee,\" a secretive group of Black workingmen dedicated to learning \"the true condition of our race.\" There is no record of him after 1884. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVEN HAHN\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at New York University and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eIlliberal America: A History\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). \u003ci\u003eA Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) was awarded the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978273259821,"sku":"9781598538366","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/k1ZIIPYCwz9781598538366.webp?v=1775801389","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-testimony-of-henry-adams-freedman-hope-terror-and-exodus-in-the-post-civil-war-south-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}