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This is one volume of a multi-volume set created by the Freedom and Southern Society Project.
The Farmer's Cabinet. March 14, 1867. Page 2.Freedmen were denied the right to vote. Therefore, they created polling stations of their own. Their votes were not counted but they demonstrated…
The daily phoenix. [volume], March 20, 1867, Image 1The Daily Phoenix stated news about the March 5th Alexandria election. The newspaper conveyed information from other states and cities that supported…
The evening telegraph. [volume], March 05, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Image 1The Evening Telegraph stated that military troops would be brought into Alexandria to restore order after votes from undemocratically not included in…
The evening telegraph. [volume], March 06, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Image 1Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont supported Freedmen in Alexandria's right to vote in the election.
The evening telegraph. March 09, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Page 2, Image 2President Johnson disregarded the Reconstruction Acts The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph stated that it was insoluble defiance of the law that…
Alexandria Gazette March 9, 1867. Image 3.Freedmen in Alexandria continued to advocate for suffrage.
The tri-weekly standard., March 09, 1867The North Carolina Tri-weekly Standard reported on the Alexandria Municipal election that approximately 1,000 Freedmen voted. Radical Republicans…
The New York Herald. March 6, 1867. Page 3. Image 3.The article depicted the results of the March 5th Alexandria election when approximately 1,000 Freedmen voted in the municipal election. Alexandria…
St. Mary's gazette March 14, 1867 Image 2.St. Mary's Gazette stated that Freedmen in Alexandria believed they were entitled to vote in the prior election on March 5, 1867.