This work describes conditions and forces the black population of the South faced after freedom was brought by the Civil War. As Sinclair puts it at the outset of his book, ". . . the chief efforts of Southern leadership have been to curtail the freedom of the colored people, to minimize their liberty and reduce them as nearly as possible to the condition of chattel slaves." - Summary by Jim Locke
Chapters
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Slavery and Its Abolition 1 Read by Jim Locke 34:21
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Slavery and Its Abolition 2 Read by Jim Locke 36:22
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Reconstruction and the Southern Black Code 1 Read by Jim Locke 38:52
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Reconstruction and the Southern Black Code 2 Read by Jim Locke 37:35
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Southern Opposition to Reconstruction 1 Read by Jim Locke 32:37
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Southern Opposition to Reconstruction 2 Read by Jim Locke 33:26
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The War on Negro Suffrage 1 Read by Jim Locke 48:32
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The War on Negro Suffrage 2 Read by Jim Locke 45:45
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The False Alarm of Negro Domination 1 Read by Jim Locke 31:38
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The False Alarm of Negro Domination 2 Read by Jim Locke 31:57
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The Negro in Politics 1 Read by Jim Locke 34:00
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The Negro in Politics 2 Read by Jim Locke 33:44
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The Negro and the Law 1 Read by Jim Locke 42:12
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The Negro and the Law 2 Read by Jim Locke 43:33
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The Rise and Achievements of the Colored Race 1 Read by Jim Locke 34:19
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The Rise and Achievements of the Colored Race 2 Read by Jim Locke 32:33
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The National Duty to the Negro 1 Read by Jim Locke 41:50
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The National Duty to the Negro 2 Read by Jim Locke 41:32
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Public Opinion Omnipotent 1 Read by Jim Locke 32:59
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Public Opinion Omnipotent 2 Read by Jim Locke 28:42
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