Project Gutenberg 2016-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 212 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.) Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en African Americans -- Fiction Freed persons -- Fiction PS Text Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) 390436 2025-09-20T15:07:24.816161 text/html 373279 2024-10-23T00:21:10 text/html 377361 2025-09-20T15:07:31.178163 application/epub+zip 374838 2025-09-20T15:07:25.971182 application/epub+zip 202686 2025-09-20T15:07:25.400157 application/epub+zip 478802 2025-09-20T15:07:34.886120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443998 2025-09-20T15:07:30.499185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272677 2022-09-23T15:09:00.706684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350760 2025-09-20T15:07:24.036189 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 330669 2024-10-23T00:21:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16818 2025-09-20T15:07:35.019099 application/rdf+xml 13550 2025-09-20T15:07:25.481174 image/jpeg 2130 2025-09-20T15:07:25.441155 image/jpeg 335753 2025-09-20T15:07:24.856221 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia