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Gathering the Dead and Wounded
A Harper’s Weekly engraving shows some of the grim results of a terrorist attack on the African-American citizens of the rural town of Colfax, Louisiana, in April 1873. Starting in 1871, the Democratic party in several southern states began an [...]
Tags: Race Riots, Reconstruction
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
"Colored Troops under General Wild, liberating slaves in North Carolina"
In this journalistic sketch, a group of African American soldiers liberates a plantation in eastern North Carolina. The troops were the so-called "African Brigade" composed of black recruits from Massachusetts and newly freed contraband slaves from [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
The First Vote
This illustration from Harper's Weekly features three figures symbolizing black political leadership: a skilled craftsman, a sophisticated city dweller, and a Union Army veteran.
Tags: Reconstruction, Voting
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)