Category: African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction
“The Murder of Negroes is a Daily Occurrence” Louisiana Political Violence & the Election of 1868
In my research I came across this report from the Louisiana General Assembly on racial and political violence in the state during the lead-up to…
New Pavilion to Victims of Lynching from 1865 to 1877 Opened in Montgomery, Ala.
The Equal Justice Initiative (EIJ) has attracted a lot of attention over the last several years for its marking of lynching sites throughout the United…
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….
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