Freedom's First Generation: Black Hampton, Virginia, 1861-1890

Reconstructing America

by Robert F. Engs

In this study of the African-American experience in slavery and freedom, Robert F. Engs chronicles the history of Hampton, Virginia, from slavery and the Civil War to Reconstruction and the resurgence of white political control in the 1890s.

Genres: History

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004