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Reposted by Charles Erick
— Black, immigrant, or otherwise — as fully human, free, and equal.
#Reconstruction #NewSouth #LaborHistory #BlackHistory #EricFoner
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#Reconstruction #NewSouth #LaborHistory #BlackHistory #EricFoner
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November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
— Black, immigrant, or otherwise — as fully human, free, and equal.
#Reconstruction #NewSouth #LaborHistory #BlackHistory #EricFoner
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#Reconstruction #NewSouth #LaborHistory #BlackHistory #EricFoner
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It’s a rare moment where the logic of emancipation is stated clearly: a free labor system can’t just replace Black workers with immigrants while keeping the old hierarchy. It demands a transformation in how white Southerners see any worker...
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It’s a rare moment where the logic of emancipation is stated clearly: a free labor system can’t just replace Black workers with immigrants while keeping the old hierarchy. It demands a transformation in how white Southerners see any worker...
> “We must divest ourselves of the idea that we can command, control the laborer. We must be prepared to receive him as a free man, an equal, and treat him as such.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
> “We must divest ourselves of the idea that we can command, control the laborer. We must be prepared to receive him as a free man, an equal, and treat him as such.”
Within a week they walked out, telling him plainly:
> “They were not slaves.”
That failure led some Southerners to a radical conclusion about what true “free labor” required. As A. B. Cooper put it, the region had to break with the plantation mentality:
> “They were not slaves.”
That failure led some Southerners to a radical conclusion about what true “free labor” required. As A. B. Cooper put it, the region had to break with the plantation mentality:
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Within a week they walked out, telling him plainly:
> “They were not slaves.”
That failure led some Southerners to a radical conclusion about what true “free labor” required. As A. B. Cooper put it, the region had to break with the plantation mentality:
> “They were not slaves.”
That failure led some Southerners to a radical conclusion about what true “free labor” required. As A. B. Cooper put it, the region had to break with the plantation mentality:
> “would, doubtless, be a blessing to us, provided we could always control it, and make it entirely subservient to our wants.”
European immigrants weren’t having it. One Alabama planter imported thirty Swedes, lodged them in slave cabins, and fed them plantation rations.
European immigrants weren’t having it. One Alabama planter imported thirty Swedes, lodged them in slave cabins, and fed them plantation rations.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
> “would, doubtless, be a blessing to us, provided we could always control it, and make it entirely subservient to our wants.”
European immigrants weren’t having it. One Alabama planter imported thirty Swedes, lodged them in slave cabins, and fed them plantation rations.
European immigrants weren’t having it. One Alabama planter imported thirty Swedes, lodged them in slave cabins, and fed them plantation rations.
But the plan was doomed by their own refusal to let go of slave-era ideas about labor.
Some reformers wanted immigrants as small landowners to undercut the old plantation system. Others wanted them as a new, controllable labor force. A North Carolina lawyer wrote in 1865 that immigration:
Some reformers wanted immigrants as small landowners to undercut the old plantation system. Others wanted them as a new, controllable labor force. A North Carolina lawyer wrote in 1865 that immigration:
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
But the plan was doomed by their own refusal to let go of slave-era ideas about labor.
Some reformers wanted immigrants as small landowners to undercut the old plantation system. Others wanted them as a new, controllable labor force. A North Carolina lawyer wrote in 1865 that immigration:
Some reformers wanted immigrants as small landowners to undercut the old plantation system. Others wanted them as a new, controllable labor force. A North Carolina lawyer wrote in 1865 that immigration:
We don't learn, we therefore repeat:
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction, 1863–1877 — on the “New South” and the end of the plantation mindset:
Southern elites floated a “New South” vision after the war: bring in European immigrants, modernize agriculture, maybe even break up some plantations.
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction, 1863–1877 — on the “New South” and the end of the plantation mindset:
Southern elites floated a “New South” vision after the war: bring in European immigrants, modernize agriculture, maybe even break up some plantations.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We don't learn, we therefore repeat:
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction, 1863–1877 — on the “New South” and the end of the plantation mindset:
Southern elites floated a “New South” vision after the war: bring in European immigrants, modernize agriculture, maybe even break up some plantations.
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction, 1863–1877 — on the “New South” and the end of the plantation mindset:
Southern elites floated a “New South” vision after the war: bring in European immigrants, modernize agriculture, maybe even break up some plantations.
Claim there's a problem that doesn't exist.
Create the plobem that you claim already exists.
Claim there's a solution to the problem you created.
Solve the problem you created by using the solution that reversed what you did to create the problem.
A thread 🧵...
Create the plobem that you claim already exists.
Claim there's a solution to the problem you created.
Solve the problem you created by using the solution that reversed what you did to create the problem.
A thread 🧵...
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Ken Burns Documentary on the same topic is airing on PBS for 6 consecutive nights beginning last night. But they repeat it. The books look great too!
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ken Burns Documentary on the same topic is airing on PBS for 6 consecutive nights beginning last night. But they repeat it. The books look great too!