The Library of Congress presents an 1866 historical letter, signed by "A Radical" to Thomas D. Eliot about recent public…
Note: Racial epithets used; some readers may find the images and language offensive. The Library of Congress presents an 1866…
Note: Some readers may find some language may be offensive. The Library of Congress presents a, 1866 historical broadside that…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical illustration, drawn by Alfred R. Waud, that depicts the marriage of an African…
The Smithsonian Institution presents an 1866 political cartoon, drawn by Thomas Nast, called the "Grand Ball Masquerade." The…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical illustration, drawn by James E. Taylor, that depicts a group of 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 features an 1870 historical letter, written by Hamilton Wilcox Pierson, a member of the Ku-Klux Klan, to…
The Library of Congress presents an 1865 historical essay, writer unknown, that provides an outline of the operations, purpose,…
The Library of Congress presents an 1868 Congressional Act that moves to discontinue the Freedmen's Bureau.The Freedmen's Bureau…
The Library of Congress features an 1868 Congressional Act that proposed the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau. According to…
The Library of Congress features an 1866 Congressional Act to help improve and extend the Freedmen's Bureau. The Act serves as an…
The Library of Congress presents an 1865 Congressional Act, also known as the Freedmen's Bureau Act.The Freedmen's Bureau was a…
The Library of Congress presents an 1848 historical speech, given by Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who…
The Library of Congress presents an 1848 historical manuscript of a newspaper article, written by Frederick Douglass--a formerly…