CHAPTER V

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISORDER

Loss of Life in War 251 Destruction of Property 253 The Wreck of the Railways 259 The Interregnum: Lawlessness and Disorder 262 The Negro testing his Freedom 269 How to prove Freedom 270 Suffering among the Negroes 273 Relations between Whites and Blacks 275 Destitution and Want, 1865-1866 277