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Radical Reconstruction

A Brief History with DocumentsFirst Edition ©2016 K. Stephen Prince

The Reconstruction period following the Civil War was a transformative moment in which political leaders addressed questions concerning the place of the southern states in the postwar nation, the status of formerly enslaved African Americans, and the powers and limitations of the federal government....
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The Reconstruction period following the Civil War was a transformative moment in which political leaders addressed questions concerning the place of the southern states in the postwar nation, the status of formerly enslaved African Americans, and the powers and limitations of the federal government. In this volume K. Stephen Prince explores the important role of the Radical Republicans in pressing for change during this period in a way designed to make the complexities of Reconstruction comprehensible to students. The Introduction introduces the Radical Republicans and details how Reconstruction grew from a complex negotiation among groups with often conflicting agendas. The documents, arranged in thematic and roughly chronological chapters, allow students to sift through the evolution of Radical Reconstruction and its aftermath through speeches, letters, press coverage, legislation, and contemporary illustrations. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions to consider, and a bibliography enrich students’ understanding of Radical Reconstruction.

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"This volume is an invaluable guide to the tangled history of Reconstruction, the development of the first civil rights movement in America, and the often inspiring story of a group of politicians who helped usher in a new era of race relations in politics, law, and society."
– Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles

"This is a first-rate and very readable documentary overview of Radical Reconstruction that does not lose its undergraduate readers in a sea of details."
– Alan Downs, Georgia Southern University

"This book will help students (and teachers) think better about this important and often confusing period."
– Kate Masur, Northwestern University

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Maps and Illustrations

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION: Who Were the Radical Republicans?

The Radicals’ Reconstruction

Allies and Adversaries

Wartime Reconstruction

Andrew Johnson and the Radicals

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Election of 1866

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson and the Election of Ulysses S. Grant

From Radicalism to Redemption

The Legacy of Radical Reconstruction

PART TWO

THE DOCUMENTS

1. Wartime Reconstruction and Presidential Reconstruction

1. Abraham Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

2. Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863

3. Benjamin Wade and Henry Winter Davis, The Wade-Davis Manifesto, July 1864

4. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1865

5. Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, Speech on Racial Equality in the House of Representatives, February 12, 1865

6. Andrew Johnson, "May Proclamations", May 29, 1865

7. George Boutwell, Speech on the "True Basis" of Reconstruction, July 4, 1865

8. Thaddeus Stevens, Speech on Land Redistribution, September 6, 1865

9. George Julian, Speech on the "Grasp of War" Doctrine, November 17, 1865

10. Thomas Nast, "Pardon" and "Franchise", August 5, 1865

11. Northern Voters Reject Black Suffrage, 1865

12. Mississippi Legislature, Acts Relating to the Freedpeople, 1865

13. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Letter in Support of Women’s Suffrage, December 26, 1865

2. Defending Civil Rights

14. Andrew Johnson, First Annual Message, December 4, 1865

15. Charles Sumner, Speech on the "Actual Condition of the Rebel States", December 20, 1865

16. Benjamin Wade, Speech on the "Great Principle of Eternal Justice", January 18, 1866

17. Lyman Trumbull, Speech on the Civil Rights Bill, January 29, 1866

18. Black Delegation to the White House Calls for Civil and Political Rights, February 8, 1866

19. The Civil Rights Bill, 1866

20. Andrew Johnson, Veto of the Civil Rights Bill, March 27, 1866

21. Harper’s Weekly, "Outside of the Galleries of the House of Representatives During the Passage of the Civil Rights Bill", April 28, 1866

22. A Northern Journalist Describes Racial Violence in Memphis, Tennessee, May 1866

23. Report of the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction, June 1866

24. Thaddeus Stevens, Speech on the Fourteenth Amendment, June 13, 1866

25. The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868

26. Wendell Phillips, Speech Criticizing the Fourteenth Amendment, October 26, 1866

27. Resolutions of the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention, October 1866

3. Towards African American Suffrage

28. Record of Ratification Votes for the Fourteenth Amendment, October 1866-March 1867

29. Thomas Nast, "King Andy", November 3, 1866

30. Andrew Johnson, Second Annual Message, December 4, 1866

31. Frederick Douglass, "Reconstruction", December 1866

32. Hamilton Ward, Speech on Radical Reconstruction, December 13, 1866

33. John Broomall, Speech on Black Suffrage, January 8, 1867

34. James Ashley, Speech on the Southern State Governments, January 26, 1867

35. George Julian, "Regeneration Before Reconstruction", January 28, 1867

36. The Reconstruction Act, 1867

37. A.R. Waud, "The First Vote", November 16, 1867

4. Impeachment and the Election of Grant

38. Charles Sumner and John Sherman, Debate on Land Redistribution, March 11, 1867

39. James Ashley, Speech on Impeachment, March 7, 1867

40. George Boutwell, Speech on Impeachment, December 5 and 6, 1867

41. The Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867

42. Articles of Impeachment Against Andrew Johnson, March 2, 1868

43. The Senate Votes on Impeachment, May 1868

44. W. L. Sheppard, "Electioneering at the South", July 25, 1868

45. Ulysses S. Grant, Acceptance of the 1868 Republican Presidential Nomination, May 1868

46. The Democratic Party Platform, July 1868

5. From Radicalism to Redemption

47. Henry Wilson and Samuel Pomeroy, Speeches on the Fifteenth Amendment, January 28-29, 1869

48. The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1870

49. Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, Debate on Women’s Suffrage, 1869

50. Hiram Revels, First Speech as a U.S. Senator, March 16, 1870

51. Currier and Ives, "The First Colored Senator and Representatives", 1872

52. Elias Hill, Testimony About a Ku Klux Klan Attack, 1871

53. "Veni Vidi" Describes the Violence of Redemption in Mississippi, July 1875

54. Rutherford B. Hayes, Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877

APPENDIXES

A Chronology of Radical Reconstruction (1863-1877)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index

K. Stephen Prince

K. Stephen Prince (Ph.D, Yale University) is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Florida, where he specializes in the history of the nineteenth and twentieth century United States with an emphasis on the culture, society, and politics of the U.S. South. He is the author of Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915, and is currently at work on a book-length study of Robert Charles and the New Orleans race riot of 1900.