Category: African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Explains Why the 14th Amendment Is Necessary for Reconstruction 1867
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain became Governor of Maine on January 2, 1867. He had risen to prominence as a heroic Union officer at Gettysburg. In his…
Reconstruction Era Virginia Village of Willisville Settled by Freed Slaves Placed on National Register of Historic Places
The African American settlement of Willisville in Loudoun County Virginia was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in December. Willisville was a free Black…
Harriet Jacobs Describes Her Relief Work Among Liberated Former Slaves Near Savannah in 1866
Illustration: Freedpeople in Charleston from Frank Leslie’s April 25, 1865. Harriet Jacobs is today well-known as the author of Incidents in the Life of a…
Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning
Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War by Chandra Manning examines the interplay of black refugees who arrived by the thousands into Union…
Five Historians’ Joint Critique of New York Times “1619” Series on Slavery
One of the most talked about popular history initiatives of 2019 was the “1619” series on the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the “first…
Mobituary-The Black Congressmen of Reconstruction: Death of Representation
Mobituaries are popular history podcasts from Mo Rocca. This one deals with the death of African American Congressional Representation at the end of Reconstruction. It…
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs
Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs published by Oxford University Press (2012) Hardcover $33.95, Paper $23.95,…
President Johnson Explains Why He Suspended Sec. of War Stanton Setting Off Constitutional Crisis Dec. 1867
On August 12, 1867, President Andrew Johnson suspended Sec. of War Edwin Stanton. This began a chain of events that would culminate in Johnson’s impeachment….
As Freedmen’s Bureau Was Closing at End of 1868, African Americans Asked for Protection Dec. 15, 1868
The Freedmen’s Bureau was scheduled to shut down all but its educational functions at the end of 1868. With the Bureau about to close, Blacks…
Grant Advisor Horace Porter Reports on Political Violence in Arkansas in the Later Part of 1868
Grant’s aide Horace Porter visited Arkansas in December 1868 to determine the conditions there. The state had experienced severe political violence in 1868. This is…
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