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Alonzo Jacob Ransier
A free born South Carolina man who became the state's first Black Lieutenant Governor and one of the South Carolina's first Black Congressman (R…
Francis Lewis Cardozo
A free born Charleston, South Carolina educator, minister and politician. Elected Secretary of State of South Carolina during…
Richard H. Cain
A free born Virginia man who became an abolitionist, pastor/missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, entrepreneur and U.S. Congressman…
Contested Election of 1876
Highlights of the contested 1876 presidential race between the Republican, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Democrat, Samuel J Tilden, that resulted in a…
13th Amendment
Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist…
15th Amendment
Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of…
Susie King Taylor
A formerly enslaved Midway, Georgia woman who escaped slavery, became a teacher in underground secret schools in Savannah, and a a teacher and nurse…
Fort Laramie Treaty
The 1869 treaty aimed to establish peace between the United States and the Midwestern tribes, including the Sioux and Arapaho Nations. Also known as…
Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska)
A Lakota tribal chief from the midwest.
Red Cloud & Red Cloud's War
An Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, leader of Red Cloud's War, and the only Native American to win a war against the United States.
14th Amendment
Section 1 addresses birthright and naturalized citizenship and the rights of citizens, which include "the equal protection of the laws."