Lecture 25 - The "End" of Reconstruction: Disputed Election of 1876, and the "Compromise of 1877"

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 by Open Yale Courses - David Blight

This lecture focuses on the role of white southern terrorist violence in brining about the end of Reconstruction. Professor Blight begins with an account the Colfax Massacre. Colfax, Louisiana was the sight of the larges...View more