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A TRAGIC ERA: THE STORY OF RECONSTRUCTION (G357)

G – History

At the close of the Civil War in 1865, the U.S. government embarked on a policy of “reconstructing” the union of the states while at the same time wrestling with the enormous task of ensuring a “new birth of freedom” for four million formerly enslaved people. The next several years saw a serious effort to create, for the first time in our history, a biracial democracy; but it ended in the abandonment and betrayal of African-Americans. This class looks back at this crucial and defining era. This is a recorded “on-demand” version of a class originally taught in a previous semester. View this class on your own schedule. Viewing link is emailed to participants prior to the semester start.

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Pritchett

PRITCHETT, DANIEL — M.A., history, University of Delaware; B.S., education, Concord College; taught history in the Capital School District for 34 years and at Delaware State University for seven years. (CA353, G526)

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