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"The republican form of government which Congress is constitutionally bound to secure allows no arbitrary disqualification upon the grounds of religion, of race, or of color."


Harper's Weekly
June 3, 1865, page 338
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Freedmen's Bureau
"A New Bureau"
December 26, 1863, page 818 (Editorial)
"The Freedmen's Bureau"
July 25, 1868, page 473 (Cartoon)
"The Freedmen's Bureau"
July 25, 1868, page 467 (Editorial)
Trent River Settlement
June 9, 1866, page 361 (Illustration)
 
Black Civil Rights and Political Participation
"The Right Way The Best Way"
June 3, 1865, page 338 (Editorial)
"Pardon and Franchise"
August 5, 1865, pages 488, 489 (Cartoon)
"The Civil Rights Bill"
April 14, 1866, pages 226, 227 (Editorial)
"The First Vote"
November 16, 1867, page 721 (Illustration and News Story)
"Electioneering at the South"
July 25, 1868, page 468 (Illustration and News Story)
"A Political Discussion"
November 20, 1869, page 737 (Illustration and News Story)
The National Colored Convention
February 6, 1869, page 85 (Illustration)
U.S. Senator Hiram Revels
February 19, 1870, page 116 (Portrait and News Story)
"Time Works Wonders"
April 9, 1870, page 232 (Cartoon)
John Rock
February 25, 1865, page 124 (Portrait and News Story)
J. J. Wright
March 5, 1870, page 149 (Portrait and News Story)
"Mr. Sumner's Civil Rights Bill"
December 30, 1871, page 1218 (Editorial)
"Lincoln, the Emancipator"
April 20, 1872, page 308 (Illustration and News Story)
"Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State"
March 14, 1874, page 229 (Illustration and News Story)
 
Northern Racism and Violence
"The Black Laws"
February 11, 1865, page 82 (Editorial)
"Automaton Negro Dancer"
December 17, 1864, page 814 (Advertisement)
Humor Column Item
December 31, 1864, page 839
"The Patenburg Massacre"
October 12, 1872, page 796 (Illustration and News Story)
 
Southern Violence, Presidential Reconstruction, 1866
The Memphis Riot
May 26, 1866, page 321 (Illustration and News Story)
The Riot in New Orleans
August 25, 1866, page 537(Illustrations)
"Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction and How It Works"
September 1, 1866, pages 552, 553 (Cartoon)
"The Massacre in New Orleans"
August 18, 1866, page 514 (Editorial)
 
Southern Violence, Reconstruction Unravels, 1868 - 1874
"One Less Vote"
August 8, 1868, page 512 (Cartoon)
"This is a White Man's Government"
September 5, 1868, page 568 (Cartoon)
"The Ku-Klux"
November 4, 1871, pages 1026, 1027 (Editorial)
"Visit of the Ku-Klux"
February 24, 1872, page 160 (Cartoon)
"Gathering the Dead and Wounded"
May 10, 1873, page 397 (Illustration)
"Everything Points to a Democratic Victory This Fall"
October 31, 1874, page 901 (Illustration and News Story)
"Worse Than Slavery"
October 24, 1874, page 878 (Illustration and News Story)
 

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