The Jackson County War

Reconstruction and Resistance in Post-Civil War Florida
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-8173-6072-6
Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Offers original conclusions explaining why Jackson County became the bloodiest region in Reconstruction FloridaFrom early 1869 through the end of 1871, citizens of Jackson County, Florida, slaughtered their neighbors by the score. The nearly three year frenzy of bloodshed became known as the Jackson County War. The killings, close to one hundred and by some estimates twice that number, brought Jackson County the notoriety of being the most violent county in Florida during the Reconstruction era.  Daniel R. Weinfeld has made a thorough investigation of contemporary accounts. He adds an assessment of recently discovered information, and presents a critical evaluation of the standard secondary sources.The Jackson County War focuses on the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the emergence of white “Regulators,” and the development of African American political consciousness and leadership. It follows the community’s descent after the Civil War into disorder punctuated by furious outbursts of violence until the county settled into uneasy stability seven years later. The Jackson County War emerges as an emblem of all that could and did go wrong in the uneasy years after Appomattox and that left a residue of hatred and fear that endured for generations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weinfeld, Daniel R

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel R. Weinfeld is a practicing attorney in New York City. He is the author of articles on the Reconstruction era that have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly and Southern Jewish History.