Causes & Aftermath

Examine the profound political and social shifts that defined the road to secession and the Reconstruction Era. Featuring definitive works like Manhunt and Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880, this Read for Truth collection offers rigorous analysis of slavery and the Lincoln assassination.

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The Fate of Their Country
The Fate of Their Country

By Michael F. Holt

Pub: 2005

Apostles of Disunion
Apostles of Disunion

By Charles B. Dew

Pub: 2017

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

By David M. Potter

Pub: 1977

Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom

By James M. McPherson

Pub: 2003

Carry Me Back
Carry Me Back

By Steven Deyle

Pub: 2006

Bound for Canaan
Bound for Canaan

By Fergus M. Bordewich

Pub: 2006

In the Shadow of Liberty
In the Shadow of Liberty

By Ana Raquel Minian

Pub: 2024

Bury the Chains
Bury the Chains

By Adam Hochschild

Pub: 2006

The Slave Ship
The Slave Ship

By Marcus Rediker

Pub: 2008

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass

By David W. Blight

Pub: 2020

Gateway to Freedom
Gateway to Freedom

By Eric Foner

Pub: 2015

The Internal Enemy
The Internal Enemy

By Alan Taylor

Pub: 2014

Stamped from the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning

By Ibram X. Kendi

Pub: 2016

The Half Has Never Been Told
The Half Has Never Been Told

By Edward E. Baptist

Pub: 2016