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Contents List of Figures and Tables viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1. The Institu tion and the Confedera tes 6 2. The Master and Slave Relationship after Federal Occupation 19 3. Federal Occupation and the Slave Code 33 4. Black Ghettos and Contr aband Camps 46 5. Beginning of Economic and Social Reconstruction 60 6. Black Militar y Service 81 7. The Politics of Emancip ation 98 8. End of an Institution 118 Note s 132 Bibliographical Essay 181 Index 186 ...

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