Reconstructing ReconstructionWas slavery over when slaves gained formal emancipation? Was it over when the social, economic, and political situation for African Americans no longer mimicked the conditions of slavery? If the Thirteenth Amendment abolished it in 1865, why did most of the disputed points during the Reconstruction debates of 186675 concern issues of slavery? In this book Pamela Brandwein examines the postCivil War struggle between competing political and legal