Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Life and Death of Gus ReedCondition: NewSubtitle: A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and ReconstructionEAN: 9780821421048ISBN: 9780821421048Publisher: Ohio University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/30/2014Description: Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman’s March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship. Reed became known as a petty thief, appearing time and again in the records of the state’s courts and prisons. In late 1877, he burglarized the home of a well-known Springfield attorney—and brother of Abraham Lincoln’s former law partner—a crime for which he was convicted and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary. Reed died at the penitentiary in 1878, shackled to the door of his cell for days with a gag strapped in his mouth. An investigation established that two guards were responsible for the prisoner’s death, but neither they nor the prison warden suffered any penalty. The guards were dismissed, the investigation was closed, and Reed was forgotten.Gus Reed’s story connects the political and legal cultures of white supremacy, black migration and black communities, the Midwest’s experience with the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the resurgence of nationwide opposition to African American civil rights in the late nineteenth century. These experiences shaped a nation with deep and unresolved misgivings about race, as well as distinctive and conflicting ideas about justice and how to achieve it.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Thomas BahdeGenre: HistoryBook Series: Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the MidwestISBN-10: 0821421042Topic: BiographyRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Life and Death of Gus Reed
Title: The Life and Death of Gus Reed
Subtitle: A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and
EAN: 9780821421048
ISBN: 9780821421048
Release Date: 09/30/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
ISBN-10: 0821421042
Topic: Biography
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Publication Name: Life and Death of Gus Reed : A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Slavery, Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Thomas Bahde
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Law Society and Politics in the MidWest Ser.
Format: Hardcover
