American Experience; Interview with James G. Marston, III, Descendant of Louisiana Planter
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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. Marston talks about his aunt's stories about tough times, his great-grandfather and great-uncles, borrowed money from banks to buy slaves and couldn't pay the bank back, problems caused by bankruptcy in the south, great-grandfather's diaries, Henry Marston complained about the North imposing rules, carpetbaggers as predators, Marshall Twitchell, came south to enrich himself, Twitchell cronyism in Red River Parish Louisiana, Marston plantation, Captain Marston as a community leader who succeeded Twitchell to the Louisiana State Senate, fear of black uprising armed by Homer Twitchell, arrests of leaders (Twitchells) of Red River Parish, Twitchell ignored warnings, assassination of Twitchell.
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