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A World Upended
(Winter 1862)
Southern planters see their world destroyed as the Union army overruns the South. (4:41)

"Conquered"
(April 1865)
White southerners like Kate Stone face up to Confederate defeat. (2:20)

Losses
(Fall 1865)
Kate Stone and other white Southerners return to their homes deeply impoverished. (2:53)

An Unacceptable Injustice
(Spring 1867)
Southern whites, like Kate Stone, see black equality as a perversion. (1:48)

Sharecropping
(Spring 1866)
Landowner Fan Butler negotiates new labor arrangements with her former slaves. (4:52)

Making Something Out of Nothing
(Fall 1867)
Fan Butler struggles to make contracts with black laborers who are learning to assert their rights. (3:51)

The End of Reconstruction
(Spring 1877)
Republicans agree to abandon Reconstruction in a back-room political deal. (2:20)

Fan Butler: Epilogue
Learn about plantation owner Fan Butler's life after Reconstruction. (0:13)