African Americans and Non-Agricultural Labor in the South, 1865-1900

This is Volume 4 of 12 of a series on the African American Life in Post-Emancipation South, 1861 to 1900. It focuses on African Americans and non-agricultural labor in the South between 1865 and the 1900s. Looking at urban life away from the stereotypical image of farmers in the countryside it shows African American workers as having an integral role in the economic life of southern cities and towns. The essays included explore the non agricultural dimension of African-American economic life in the decades following emancipation.