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A meeting of the Alexandria Republican Union Association to advance Freedmen suffrage.
The Alexandria Virginia Republican Union Association convened on May 19, 1866, and passed a resolution that advocated for Freedmen suffrage.
United States Representative Thaddeus Stevens asks the House of Representatives whether the Confederate States are entitled to representation.
Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote.
Public Papers of President Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
Judge Underwood presided over the meeting
Freedmen in Alexandria passed a resolution calling on Congress to utilize the military to protect Freedmen.
Alexandria citizens Rosier D. Beckley and Lewis Mckenzie attended the Richmond Convention.
An account of the Richmond Convention in 1867.