The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical illustration, drawn by James E. Taylor, that depicts a group of African…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical illustration, drawn by Alfred R. Waud, that depicts the marriage of an African…
The Library of Congress presents an 1868 historical illustration, drawn by A. R. Waud, that depicts a White man representing the…
The Library of Congress presents a piece of 1865 historical legislation, endorsed by William Hunter, known as the Freedmen's…
Note: This source is provided only in transcript form.Teaching American History presents 1866 legislation, written by President…
The Library of Congress features an 1870 historical letter, written by Hamilton Wilcox Pierson, a member of the Ku-Klux Klan, to…
The Library of Congress presents an 1866 historical letter, signed by "A Radical" to Thomas D. Eliot about recent public…
The Library of Congress presents a series of 1870 historical letters, written by J. W. Alford to Major General Oliver Otis Howard,…
The Library of Congress presents an 1866 historical report, written by Generals James Barrett Steedman and Joseph Scott Fullerton,…
The University of Virginia presents an 1866 historical speech, given by President Andrew Johnson to the United States Senate, in…
The Library of Congress features an 1865 historical letter, written by John C. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, that provides an…
DocsTeach presents a lesson plan, written by the National Archives Education Team, that aims to engage students in the evaluation…
Note: Racial epithets used in the accompanying primary sources.Khan Academy presents a lesson plan that aims to engage students in…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical letter, written by Joseph C. Lewis to Schuyler Colfax, that provides Lewis's…
The New York Public Library features an 1865 historical report, issued by General Rufus Saxton, that provides the rules outlined…
The Tennessee Virtual Archive presents an 1866 political cartoon, drawn by Thomas Nast and featured in Harper's Weekly, that…