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Text document titled "Primary Source (Scaffolded)" discussing Reconstruction Amendments and related questions.
Poster titled "Primary Source: Attacking the Freedmen's Bureau," discussing principles of liberty and justice for African Americans.
Document titled "Primary Source" discussing A.M.E. Pastor S. B. Williams' report on atrocities in North Carolina, 1869.
Image of a historical document titled "The Union As It Was", discussing principles of justice for African Americans.

Abbreviated Primary Source Set: The Lost Promise of Reconstruction

Text document titled "Primary Source (Scaffolded)" discussing Reconstruction Amendments and related questions.
The Reconstruction Amendments: Thirteenth Amendment, 1865, Fourteenth Amendment, 1868, and Fifteenth Amendment, 1870
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Poster titled "Primary Source: Attacking the Freedmen's Bureau," discussing principles of liberty and justice for African Americans.
Attacking the Freedmen’s Bureau poster, 1866
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Document titled "Primary Source" discussing A.M.E. Pastor S. B. Williams' report on atrocities in North Carolina, 1869.
African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E) Pastor S. B. Williams Reports Atrocities to North Carolina Governor Holden, 1869
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Image of a historical document titled "The Union As It Was", discussing principles of justice for African Americans.
Image: Thomas Nast, “The Union As It Was”, 1874
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Textual image featuring a primary source document about Congressman Rapier's speech on the Civil Rights Act, February 1875.
Congressman James T. Rapier’s Speech in Support of the Civil Rights Act, February 1875
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Text discussing the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 and its implications for African Americans during Reconstruction.
Mississippi Constitution, 1890
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Text from an educational resource discussing Frederick Douglass and principles of liberty and justice for African Americans.
Frederick Douglass, The Blessings of Liberty and Education, 1894
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Text on a document titled "Primary Source" discussing principles of liberty and justice for African Americans from 1865 to 1900.
Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895
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A document titled "Primary Source" discussing Plessy v. Ferguson and questions about liberty and equality for African Americans.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
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