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The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg by Stephen Berry

The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg by Stephen Berry published by University of Georgia Press 302 pages (2026) Stephen…

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Lincoln and the Superiority of the “Negro” Over the Irish

In 1864, a pamphlet appeared throughout the North that shocked voters. The pamphlet coined a new word, “miscegenation”, for the sexual union of blacks and whites….

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The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman: Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South Introduction by Steven Hahn

The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman: Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South Introduction by Steven Hahn published by Library of America (2026)…

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Senator Tillman On the Need to Stop Blacks From Voting During Reconstruction and in the 20th Century

Senator Ben Tillman was a Confederate veteran who became the governor and senator of South Carolina. Four decades after the Civil War he provided an…

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A Black Man Tells Congress What African Americans Faced in the South During Reconstruction: Henry Adams

During Reconstruction, African Americans formed committees to record the violation of human rights by various white supremacist organizations like the Knights of the White Camelia…

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Senator Ben Tillman Explains Why the Vote Was Taken Away from African Americans in South Carolina

Benjamin Tillman, better know as “Pitchfork Ben,” was a former Confederate who had risen to prominence as one of the most ruthless partisans of white…

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Reconstruction Law Overturns Virginia’s Prohibition on Felons Voting

A court in Virginia ruled that current Virginia law banning felons from voting after they are released from jail violates Reconstruction laws. According to the…

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The Democratic Party and the Racial Consciousness of Irish Immigrants Before the Civil War

Originally posted February 3, 2012  in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Anthropologists like to remind us that race is not a…

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Most Popular Book at NY City’s Public Libraries? “James” The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Joins the USCT

Every year New York City’s three library systems tally up what books were borrowed the most times in the past year. This year was James…

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Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History

On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…

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