The Great South: A Record of Journeys Vol. I & II (1969) By Edward King
 
This book is a record of the extensive tour of observation through the states of the South and South-west during the whole of 1873, and the Spring and Summer of 1874 during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.
 
The journey was undertaken at the instance of the publishers of Scribner's Monthly, who desired to present to the public an account of the material resources, and the present social and political condition, of the people in the Southern States.
 
The fifteen ex-slave States, formerly of the Confederacy, are inhabited by whites and African Americans of all backgrounds. The aim of the author has been, to tell the truth as exactly and completely as possible
 
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