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Recounts the volatile period following the end of the Civil War, when Southern whites were forced to concede equal rights to former slaves, ushering in a new and ruthless brand of politics. Nowhere was this more evident than in Alabama, where the Republican Party reestablished itself quickly and powerfully with the participation of a newly freed constituency, firmly aligned against the Democratic Party that had long dictated the governance of the state.

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I enjoyed reading this detailed, informative, and lively account of Alabama's Reconstruction saga. Rogers's dedication shows. --Ben H. Severance, author of A War State All Over: Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause William Warren Rogers Jr. has redeemed a critical period of Alabama history too long distorted by racist Bourbon mythology. Prodigiously researched, nicely paced, and evenly balanced, Reconstruction Politics in a Deep South State is a landmark study. --John S. Sledge, author The Mobile River, These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War, and The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History

I enjoyed reading this detailed, informative, and lively account of Alabama's Reconstruction saga. The author has clearly done a great deal of work, and his dedication shows. --Ben H. Severance, author of A War State All Over: Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause

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William Warren Rogers Jr. is professor of history at the University of North Georgia. He is author of A Scalawag in Georgia: Richard Whiteley and the Politics of Reconstruction, Confederate Home Front: Montgomery during the Civil War, and Black Belt Scalawag: Charles Hays and the Southern Republicans in the Era of Reconstruction.

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