Historical Newspaper: The President and the Colored Delegation
Subject
Johnson's Presidency (1865 to mid-1867 before impeachment)
Title
Historical Newspaper: The President and the Colored Delegation
Date
02/09/1866
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: 3rd column, top.
Chronicling America features an 1866 Cleveland Daily Leader newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides a discussion between President Andrew Johnson--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--and the black members of Congress, such as Frederick Douglass, who question the President about the rights that African Americans should be granted through Reconstruction policy.
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Chronicling America features an 1866 Cleveland Daily Leader newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides a discussion between President Andrew Johnson--who became the 17th President of the United States after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865--and the black members of Congress, such as Frederick Douglass, who question the President about the rights that African Americans should be granted through Reconstruction policy.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (Cleveland Daily Leader, OH)
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“Historical Newspaper: The President and the Colored Delegation,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 15, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/568.