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Indiana Dems Explain Their Principled Opposition to 15th Amendment: “the government was formed for white men” March 1869

At the end of February 1869 the 15th Amendment giving equal voting rights to Black men was passed by Congress and sent to the states…

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The War Against Blacks in Southern Indiana in 1868

Southern Indiana was the scene of racial violence in 1868. This story depicts an organized conspiracy against local African Americans. New-York Daily Tribune Saturday, Jan…

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