Understanding Primary Sources: Reactions in the South

Drawn from Gale’s acclaimed Reference Library products, this concise study guide helps you explore central ideas of primary sources in their historical context. Profiles of the authors and surrounding events; timelines and images; engaging research, discussion and activity ideas; “Did you know?” facts; and additional features make this guide valuable for students and lifelong learners. Primary sources covered: excerpt from Ten Years on a Georgia Plantation Since the War (Frances Butler Leigh); excerpt from "On Reconstruction" (Alexander Stephens); excerpt from The Prostrate State (James Shepherd Pike); excerpt from Letter from Rufus B. Bullock, of Georgia, to the Republican Senators and Representatives, in Congress Who Sustain the Reconstruction Acts; and excerpt from Recollections of the Inhabitants, Localities, Superstitions, and Ku Klux Outrages of the Carolinas (John Paterson Green).