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From early 1869 through the finish of 1871, citizens of Jackson State, Florida, slaughtered their friends and neighbors by the report. The almost three-year frenzy of bloodshed became known as the Jackson State War. The killings, near 100 and by some estimates twice that quantity, brought Jackson State the notoriety of being the most violent county in Florida through the Reconstruction age. Daniel R. Weinfeld has made an intensive investigation of modern day accounts. He adds an diagnosis of recently discovered information and presents a critical evaluation of the typical secondary sources. The Jackson State War concentrates on the role of the Freedmen's Bureau, the emergence of white Regulators, and the introduction of African-American political awareness and management. It follows the community's descent after the Civil War into disorder punctuated by furious outbursts of assault until the county settled into uneasy stability seven years later. The Jackson State War emerges as an emblem of all which could have and did fail in the uneasy years after Appomattox which still left a residue of hatred and fear that endured for decades. The booklet is published from the University of Alabama Press.
