American Experience; Interview with Ted Tunnell, Historian, Virginia Commonwealth University
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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Tunnell discusses the life of Marshall Twitchell, propaganda about Coushatta, Twitchell's return to Vermont, Twitchell's life as a metaphore for failed dreams of reconstruction,.
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