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Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y.
Recommended Document:
Edwin H. McCaleb
, 1865
A former supporter of the Confederacy responds to Lincoln's death, describes conditions in the post-war South, and gives voice to attitudes that would help shape Reconstruction.
Related Documents:
Report of the Board of Education for Freedmen, 1864
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/gulf.html
Startling Revelations from the Department of South Carolina
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/startrev.html
Letter to the Editor of the "Anglo-African"
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/editor.html
Mrs. Emma Falconer
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/emmafal.html
Addresses and Ceremonies at the New Year's Festival to the Freedmen
, 1867
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/moulton.html
Call for the First Anniversary of the American Equal Rights Association
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/mott.html
Education Among the Freedmen
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ freedmen/educfree.html
Southern Treatment by the Federal Government
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/pringle.html
Interview with Mr. William P. Jones
, Reagan, Texas
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/wpjones.html
The Absolute Equality of All Before the Law
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/wpjones.html
Proceedings of the First Anniversary of the American Equal Rights Association
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/aera.html
On the Regeneration of the South
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/address.html
Senators Debate Equal Rights
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recontwo/sumner.html
The Yankee Element of Designing Politicians
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/bradley.html
Throwing Off the Yoke of Carpetbag Government
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/coleman.html
Leroy Dean Discusses Vigilantes in Texas
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/lroydean.html
The Story of Immokalee
[Florida]
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/platte.html
The Goodings Describe Reconstruction in South Carolina
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/goodings.html
George Ogden Recalls Reconstruction in the South
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/ogden.html
Judge J.H. Yarborough Recalls the End of the Civil War
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/ recon/yarboro.html
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