Project Gutenberg 2016-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 105 Goff, H. N. K. (Harriet Newell Kneeland) 1828 Goff, Harriet Newell Kneeland Other Fools and Their Doings, or, Life among the Freedmen Produced by Giovanni Fini, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Other Fools and Their Doings, or, Life among the Freedmen" by H. N. K. Goff is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The text appears to detail the tumultuous relationships between white Southerners and freed black citizens in the aftermath of the Civil War, particularly during a politically charged period leading up to elections. Central to the narrative are characters such as Deacon Atwood and Captain Black, who discuss their grievances and lead a movement against the perceived encroachment of African American rights in governance and society. The opening of the work introduces us to Deacon Atwood and Captain Black as they ride through South Carolina, discussing their frustrations regarding political changes and the influence of freedmen and "carpetbaggers" on local governance. Deacon Atwood expresses his desire for more control over political affairs, referring to actions against the black population and their voting rights. The meeting establishes tensions between white citizens and the newly enfranchised freedmen, setting the stage for deeper exploration of societal conflicts, political machinations, and individual character complexities that challenge the reader to understand the nuanced historical context of post-Civil War America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans -- Fiction Freed persons -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 390252 390269 2024-09-21T13:58:47.688068 2023-09-22T10:50:49.321427 text/html text/html 393750 2016-04-16T20:54:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 335793 2016-04-16T20:54:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 377341 2024-09-21T13:58:54.717069 application/epub+zip 374909 2024-09-21T13:58:48.961081 application/epub+zip 202757 2024-09-21T13:58:48.351064 application/epub+zip 478802 2024-09-21T13:58:58.990022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444020 2024-09-21T13:58:54.045031 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272677 2022-09-23T15:09:00.706684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350943 350718 2024-09-21T13:58:46.606109 2023-09-22T10:50:48.265926 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 351028 2016-04-16T20:54:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 135608 2016-04-16T20:54:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18372 2024-09-21T13:58:59.131005 application/rdf+xml 13550 2024-09-21T13:58:48.431081 image/jpeg 2130 2024-09-21T13:58:48.391063 image/jpeg 335697 2024-09-21T13:58:47.732099 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog