Shrill Hurrahs : Women, Gender, and Racial Violence in South Carolina, 1865-1900.
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TextPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (182 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611172928
- African American women-South Carolina-Social conditions-19th century
- African American women-Violence against-South Carolina-19th century
- Sex role-South Carolina-History-19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)-Social aspects-South Carolina
- South Carolina-Race relations-History-19th century
- E185.93.S7 G55 2013
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Land, Labor, and Violence -- 2. Black Politics and Violence -- 3. Getting Organized: The Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina -- 4. Sin and Redemption: The Election of 1876 -- 5. Strange Fruit Hanging from the Palmetto Tree: Lynching in South Carolina -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Despite the white women's reactionary activism, the powerful presence of black women and their bravery in the face of white violence reshaped southern gender roles forever.
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