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Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Thaddeus Stevens Thomas Nast: “This Is a White Man's Government” Thomas Nast: “The Man with the (Carpet) Bags” “The First Colored Senator and Representatives” Blanche K. Bruce
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"The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870" color lithograph created by Thomas Kelly, 1870. (Reconstruction) At center, a depiction of a parade in celebration of the passing of the 15th Amendment. Framing it are portraits and vignettes...
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Full-length portrait of Ulysses S. Grant seated at table with books and top hat, facing right, ca. 1869-1877.
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What was the Reconstruction era?
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Life, military career, and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
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African American male suffrage
“The First Vote," illustration from Harper's Weekly, November 16, 1867,...
A.R. Waud/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-19234)
Fifteenth Amendment
African American parade in honour of adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Pres. Andrew Johnson, photograph by Mathew Brady.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson pardoning Confederate soldiers at the White House, Washington, D.C.,...
Harper's Weekly V. 9, No. 459, October 1865
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens, photo by Mathew Brady.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Nast: “This Is a White Man's Government”
“This Is a White Man's Government,” political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in...
Thomas Nast/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-121735)
Thomas Nast: “The Man with the (Carpet) Bags”
“The Man with the (Carpet) Bags,” cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting a common Southern...
The Granger Collection, New York
“The First Colored Senator and Representatives”
Hiram Revels (seated at far left) of Mississippi, the first African American U.S....
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC2-2325)
Blanche K. Bruce
Blanche K. Bruce, senator from Mississippi.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Nast: “Patience on a Monument”
“Patience on a Monument,” political cartoon by Thomas Nast cataloging the indignities...
Rare Book and Special Collections Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
terror group during Reconstruction
Depiction of the secret societies that terrorized African Americans during Reconstruction.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
“Caught in a Trap”
“Caught in a Trap,” a cartoon from c. 1876 depicting the downfall of the Republicans.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.(neg. no. LC-USZ62-66840)
Reconstruction-era cartoon
Reconstruction-era cartoon.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
“The ‘Strong' Government, the ‘Weak' Government,” cartoon comparing the Reconstruction...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-15783)
In March 1867 Congress provided "for the more efficient government of the Rebel States"...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
NARA
Fourteenth Amendment
The first page of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
The impeachment trial of U.S. Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's...
Library of Congress—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870, lithograph with watercolor...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3g02399)
Campaign pennant
Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler campaign pennant, 1876.
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
Blanche K. Bruce
Blanche K. Bruce.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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