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Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Testimony of Giles Leitch, July 31, 1871
GILES LEITCH sworn and examined.
The Chairman, (Mr. Pool.) As this witness was called at the instance of the minority of this committee, Mr. Blair will please commence his examination.
By Mr. Blair:
Question. Where do you reside?
Answer: I…
"Read and Circulate!," 1872
CONVERSATION BETWEEN A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT OF THE RANK AND FILE. Republican. Well, neighbor Democrat, how do you stand on politics now a days? Democrat. I am a Democrat still. R. Going to support the Democratic ticket and endorse the acts of…
Tags: Constitution, Democrat, Government, reconstruction, Suffrage
"National Politics," December 31, 1866
In a somewhat similar view of the case the New HavenJournal and Courier looks upon the bill as "an immediate result of the refusal of the Southern States to accept the proposed Constitutional Amendment." For, while Congress was willing last Summer to…
"The Reconstruction Prospect," November 12, 1867
We have favored the holding of a Convention asauthorized by Congress, and of doing all that couldfairly and honorably be done to effect reconstructionand restore the State to civil government, but we canplainly see that almost a death-blow has been…
Rev. J. A. Whitehead, D.D., A History of Negro Baptists of North Carolina (1908)
In North Carolina after the bloodiest war in our nation’s history, the hardest task laid ahead. That task would be reconstructing a country that had been ripped apart by war. One of the key components during the reconstruction era was the…
Tags: African Americans, Education, reconstruction
"A Proclamation by His Excellency, the Governor of North Carolina," October 12, 1868
"The flag of the United States waves for the protection of all. Every star upon it shines down with vital fire into every spot, howsoever remote or solitary, to consume those who may resist the authority of the government, or who oppress the…
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ROTC students view Civil War exhibit at NCSU, 1960
In this photograph, two Reserve Officers' Training Corps students view a Civil War exhibit at D. H. Hill Library at North Carolina State College of…