Reconstruction Era: A False Dawn of Freedom?

<p>With the end of the Civil War, four million formerly enslaved people in the South were now free. It was the beginning of a remarkable experiment: rebuilding the South on the foundations of freedom and equal citizenship. For a brief moment, the United States of America begins its first real attempt at establishing a multi-racial democracy.</p> <p>Our guest today is Bradley Rebeiro, Associate Professor of Law at BYU Law School. He is the author of ‘<em>Until the Last Yoke is Broke: The Constitutional Vision of Frederick Douglass</em>’, which is out on September 29th of this year.</p> <p>Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p> <p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p> <p>American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>