Reconstruction | E5 | Experiments in Self-Defense
This is a free excerpt of Episode 5. To hear more, join Slate Plus --> slate.com/reconstruction The collapse of the antebellum Southern legal order left freedpeople exposed to violence from whites desperately trying to re-establish racial hierarchies. Some black people tried to defend themselves, acquiring weapons and forming militias. How common—and how effective—was that strategy? In Episode 5 of Reconstruction: A Slate Academy , Rebecca Onion and Jamelle Bouie are joined by Kidada Williams...
Jan 01, 2018•23 min