The Life and Death of Gus Reed: A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Thomas Bahde

Book Overview

Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship. Reed became known as a petty thief, appearing time and again in the records of the state's courts and prisons. In late 1877, he burglarized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821421042
• ISBN13: 9780821421048
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"