Author: Patrick Young
Frederick Douglass Tells Women’s Convention that Republicans Should Not Drop “Manhood Suffrage” Nov. 1868
On November 19, 1868 Frederick Douglass addressed the New England Women’s Rights Convention in Boston. Douglass had attended the the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in…
John C. Calhoun Was Right, The Next Step Really Is Negro Equality January 1869
John C. Calhoun was nearly two decades in his grave in 1869, but white conservatives saw his prophecies that Northerners would not stop short of…
African Americans Demanded that “Whites Only” Naturalization Law Be Made Color-Blind 1868
Naturalization is the process for an immigrant to become a citizen. In 1868 the Naturalization Law only allowed white immigrants to apply for citizenship. Although…
Negro School Burned by White Men-Outrages of the KuKlux Klans Tennessee Feb. 1868
A particular target of white terror groups were black schoolhouses. The schoolhouse and the church were often the most visible outward signs of the free…
The First Time the Ku Klux Klan Was Covered in a National Newspaper Was for a Murder Jan. 18, 1868
While the Ku Klux Klan would later claim that it had begun life on Christmas Eve, 1865, historians now believe it started six months later….
Remembering the Massacre of African Americans in Atlanta in 1906
Atlanta used to call itself “The City Too Busy to Hate,” implying that if things slowed down, watch out! The “Too Busy to Hate” nickname…
Atlanta Journal Constitution on Visiting the Reconstruction National Park in Beaufort, S.C.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has an interesting article on touring the Reconstruction Era and other historic sites in Beaufort, South Carolina. While the new Reconstruction…
Wade Hampton & South Carolina Democrats Call for a Halt to Assassinations Nov. 1868
Following a series of assassinations of Republicans during the weeks leading up to the Nov. 1868 elections, the South Carolina Democratic Committee issued a call…
Freedom Under the Confiscation Act: What One Man’s Freedom Papers Tell Us About Black Resistance to Slavery
There was emancipation even before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The March 1862 Confiscation Act allowed the Union Army to free slaves who had been…
British Newspaper The Guardian on Kevin Levin’s “Searching for Black Confederates”
Kevin Levin’s new book Searching for Black Confederates continues to garner interest in the press. The British paper The Guardan has an article on it today….