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The state of Jones the small southern county that seceded from the Confederacy

In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Con...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Sally.
Other Authors: Stauffer, John, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Knight, Newton, > ca. 1829-1922.
Unionists (United States Civil War) > Mississippi > Jones County.
Jones County (Miss.) > History > 19th century.
Mississippi > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Summary: In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.
Physical Description: 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-389) and index.
ISBN: 9780385525930
0385525931
Author Notes: John Stauffer has published numerous articles on photography and social reform in America, and is the recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, The Pew Program in Religion and American History, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. His forthcoming book, The Black Hearts of Men, won the 1999 Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize for the best dissertation in American Studies from the American Studies Association. He is Assistant Professor of English, History and Literature at Harvard University.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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