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Hilary A. Herbert
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Why the Solid South or Reconstruction and Its Results |
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English |
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469 |
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1976-06 |
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0837115353 |
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Greenwood Pub Group |
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Reprint |
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Mississippi and other states are restored Gen. Grant sreport as to condition of the South, 325-326 ;C ongress refuses to admit Congressmen elect Abolishes civil government of state Substitutes Military rule Enfranchises and disfranchises Most of the whites abstain from voting for delegates to convention A few capable and good men elected, 327-328 ;C onstitutional Convention I ts membership I ts work Test-oath, provided for trials away from locale by alleged crime Mixed public schools, 328-330; Constitution rejected Efforts to overcome rejection Committee of five, 330-332 Congress orders another election Negroes drilled Loyal League Unfair apportionment Republicans successful State reconstructed, 332-333 ;L egislature, complexion United States Senators Negro and army officer A mes Conflict of races organized Freedman s Savings Bank Character of officials, 333-335 ;P artisan judges Spies Military, 335-336; Gov. A mes declares it an issue of race Educational system The Chief embezzled, forged, stole and fled the state, 337 Profligacy and extravagance, 338; Tax-payers prayer, 338-339; Hon. Eugene Hale, description by, 339- 340; State redeemed in 1875 Reduction of taxation Redemption of lands sold for taxes, 340-312 ;E ducation Dr. Mayo, 342; What A braham Lincoln taught, 343-344; Lincoln to Shepley Henry Ward Beecher, 344-345; Lessons of History, 346-347; Concluding observations, 347-348. CHAPTER XHZ RECONSTRUCTION IN TEXAS. Condition at close of War comparatively prosperous in 1865, 349; Andrew J. Hamilton appointed Provisional Governor New Constitu ion adopted Throckmorton elected Governor his inaugural address, 351-353 ;S lavery abolished War debt repudiated Ordinance of secession declared null, 353; Telegram from President Johnson Throckmorton sconservatism, 353-355 ;F reedmans Bureau operation?, 356; Burning of town of Brenham by drunken soldiers Indignatio
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