Reconstruction in Arkansas, 1862-1874


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Studies the reconstruction in Arkansas from 1862-1874 when changes in the military situation had taken place and the president was more confident of his ground as far as Arkansas was concerned.










Reconstruction in Arkansas, 1862-1874 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Reconstruction in Arkansas, 1862-1874 An effort has been made in this study to give due con sideration to all the forces and in uences which appeared during these troubled years, but it has been necessary in the interest of proportion to subordinate the spectacular and the exceptional to the determining factors in the problem. On those aspects of reconstruction which were national in scope or common to the whole South, this study has been restricted to what affected the local situation in some appreciable measure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."













Forward from Rebellion


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Public Affairs in Arkansas, 1874-1896


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"Since the publication in 1923 of Thomas S. Staples' Reconstruction in Arkansas, 1862-1874 the post-Civil War history of Arkansas has been generally neglected. The period from 1874 to 1896 was an important one in the history of the state. Those years witnessed the overthrow of the Republican controlled Reconstruction government, the development of political agrarianism, and the confirmation of one-party rule under the Democracy. They were also a time when the state expanded the public service institutions established by the Republicans, created new ones, reordered the penal system, and attempted to regulate the railroads. The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe political developments, and to trace the evolution of public affairs with respect to education, charitable institutions, the penal system, and railroad regulation. Although numerous sources have been consulted, the most important is the Arkansas Gazette"--Leaf iv