sep 22, 1865 - Reconstruciton's effect on the south
Description:
In place of the prewar world of master, slave, and self-sufficient yeoman, the postwar South was peopled by new social classes—landowning employers, black and white sharecroppers, cotton-producing white farmers, wage-earning black laborers, and urban entrepreneurs.Added to timeline:
Date:
sep 22, 1865
Now
~ 159 years ago