How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885

(Part of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies Series)

by Jonathan M. Bryant

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The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land , Jonathan Bryant follows the county's social, economic, and legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new commercial class of merchants and lawyers. Emancipated...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807822574

ISBN13:9780807822579

Release Date:October 2004

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Abolition Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Slavery & Emancipation State & Local World

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How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in Greene County, Georgia, 1850-1885

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