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The Montana Post, March 16, 1867The Montana Post reported on the March 5th Alexandria election. The election results are to be nullified.
In the spring of 1867, Congress passed an act that required the former Confederate states to hold conventions, in which African Americans were…
John M. Schofield's memoir of his time in the army, including his tenure as general of the First Military District of Virginia after the Civil War.
“The Appeal” from Proceedings of the Convention of the Colored People of VA., Held in the City of Alexandria.”Freedmen in Alexandria advocated for their right to vote and that suffrage and intervention by the Federal government are necessary to guarantee…
Public Papers of President Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
This is one volume of a multi-volume set created by the Freedom and Southern Society Project.
This specific record is volume V that details the Presidency of Andrew Johnson and the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau on March 3, 1865.…
Harper's Weekly June 2, 1866. A Sign in Virginia.The Virginia Union Convention organized the Republican Party of Virginia and led to subsequent events that resulted in Freedmen suffrage at the end of…
An Act to establish the Freedmen's Bureau and Abandoned Lands.
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…