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“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…

The Debates and proceedings of the Constitutional convention of the state of Virginia,
assembled at the city of Richmond, tuesday, December 3, 1867: beign a full and complete report of the debates and proceedings of the convention, together with the reconstruction acts of Congress and those supplementary thereto, the order of the commander of the First military district assembling the convention, and the new constitution.
Official: W. H. Samuel, phonographic reporter

An account of the Virginia Constitutional Convention along with records of Virginia as the first military district.

The Freedmen's Convention from The New Era (Fredericksburg, Virginia). August 18, 1865.
The Late Convention of Colored Men; Address to the Loyal Citizens of the United States and To Congress.” The New York Times. August 13, 1865.

Freedmen in Alexandria, VA published an article in the New York Times advocating for suffrage.

The Negro Riot at Alexandria. January 1, 1866.

The cause of the riot is unclear. Nevertheless, it had strategic effectiveness that allowed the Radical Republicans to argue against Southern…

Freedmen’s Bureau Acts of 1865 and 1866
Address of the loyal Virginians to their friends in the North
Chronicling America March 9, 1867. Alexandria Gazette. Image 3.

This is an account of a meeting of the Republican Union Association of Alexandria after the March 5th election where Freedmen voted.

The Montana Post, March 16, 1867

The Montana Post reported on the March 5th Alexandria election. The election results are to be nullified.

Alexandria Gazette. March 13, 1867. Page 4.

A letter to the United States Congress from Alexandria citizens discussing the March 5, 1867 election.

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