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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781477303030
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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aSingletary, Otis A. _eautore
245	1	0	_aNegro Militia and Reconstruction / _cOtis A. Singletary.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©1957
300			_a1 online resource (194 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tForeword -- _tContents -- _tIllustrations -- _tI. Genesis of the Militia Movement -- _tII. Organizing and Arming the Militia -- _tIII. The Militia in Action -- _tIV. Minstrels and Brindle-Tails -- _tV. Another Battle of New Orleans -- _tVI. Alarums and Excursions -- _tVII. Life in the Militia -- _tVIII. The Conservative Reaction -- _tIX. Nemesis -- _tX. Conclusion -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aMuch of the violence that characterized Reconstruction was directly associated with the Negro militia movement organized by Radical politicians to support their precarious regimes in Southern states. This book is the story of that ill-fated movement, a story with important implication for later times. Most Southern whites did not disguise their hostility toward the governments that were imposed on their states after Reconstruction entered its Radical phase. and Radical leaders lived in constant fear that this hostility would flare into open revolt. Organization of a loyal protective force was imperative if they were to remain in power. Although planned originally as a defensive force, the Negro militia was quickly used by the Radicals for such purposes as controlling elections. The resentment of Southern whites resulting from this political activity was aggravated by crimes of violence, depredations, and minor social offenses committed by some of the militiamen. However, the white Southerner’s fundamental enmity toward the Negro militia stemmed from the racial implications of a policy that armed the Negroes and placed them in positions of authority over white men. At first, opposition to the Negro militia movement took the form of legal stratagems and other measures short of force, but the final blow to the Negro militia was dealt by white volunteer rifle companies— illegal, armed counterforces that were at the very core of the White Line movement. The race riot as a political technique was born, the most notorious riot occurring at Hamburg, South Carolina, where, the author states, the policy of “disbandment through extermination” was successfully employed. Disintegration of the entire movement was inevitable. “It is ironic,” Singletary states, “that the organization of this protective force, because of its racial implications, actually aided in the destruction of the very thing it was created to protect.” Before its publication, Negro Militia and Reconstruction won the Moncado Prize, a cash award made biennially by the American Military Institute for “the best original book-length manuscript in any field of United States Military history.”
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650		7	_aHISTORY / General. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aSingletary, Otis A. _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/701274
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477303030
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