{"product_id":"redemption-the-last-battle-of-the-civil-war","title":"Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"An arresting piece of popular history.\" ―Sean Wilentz,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicholas Lemann opens this extraordinary book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a white militia of Confederate veterans-turned-vigilantes attacked the black community there and massacred hundreds of people in a gruesome killing spree. This began an insurgency that changed the course of American history: for the next few years white Southern Democrats waged a campaign of political terrorism aiming to overturn the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and challenge President Grant's support for the emergent structures of black political power. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRedemption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first book to describe in uncompromising detail this organized racial violence, which reached its apogee in Mississippi in 1875.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44274430411009,"sku":"2RGBXLPFL-Used","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/NicholasLemann.jpg?v=1660307792","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/redemption-the-last-battle-of-the-civil-war","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}