Preble Hall

The End of Reconstruction and the New Navy

Episode Summary

Doctoral candidate Colin McConarty of Boston College's History Department discusses his work "A Final Solution of the Negro Question: Southern Democrats, the New Navy and the End of Reconstruction in America." This episode focuses on key legislators of the late 1800s including Congressman and later Secretary of the Navy Hilary Herbert.

Episode Notes

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