Introduction to "The Reconstruction Convention Simulation".

The cast of characters attending the convention.

The readings for your paper listed by belief.

The Simulation - What you have to do!

use the links above to navigate this simulation.
 
Readings for Belief 3:
Freedmen and free blacks should receive substantial political, economic and social rights.
 
March 15, 1862 The Port Royal experiment.
December 5, 1863 Condition of freedmen along Mississippi River, reference to blacks living on the sea islands.
December 26, 1863 Editorial calls for a Freedmen’s Bureau.
April 16, 1864 Editorial calls for passage of Freedmen’s Bureau Bill.
May 7, 1864 Freedman’s Village established in Arlington, Virginia.
May 14, 1864 Confiscated slave plantations worked by freedmen.
February 4, 1865 Sojourner Truth teaching at Freedman’s Village.
February 11, 1865 Vote in Senate, April 8, 1864 and in House of Representatives, January 31, 1865 for amendment abolishing slavery. List of Congressmen and how they voted. Text of 13th
amendment.
March 4, 1865 Commentary on General William Tecumseh Sherman’s order setting apart the sea-islands and a strip of coast for the freedmen; includes reference to Frederick Douglass.
May 13, 1865 Call for giving unclaimed or abandoned land to freemen and to landless whites.
 
May 20, 1865 Editorial calls for a vote for freemen.
June 3, 1865 Editorial on constitutional law and the suffrage for the black man.
June 10, 1865 Editorial on letting poor uneducated whites in South vote if blacks are denied the vote.
June 17, 1865 Speech by Wendell Phillips on enfranchisement of loyal freemen.
July 1, 1865 Frederick Douglass calls for equality before the law. Editorial comments negatively on Southern "white trash" and on the new condition of freedom for African-Americans.
July 8, 1865 General Alfred Terry, commanding in Virginia, says slave codes expired with the Emancipation Proclamation. Text of General Orders No. 77.
July 29, 1865 Circular of General Oliver Otis Howard of Freedmen’s Bureau to his subordinate officers.
August 12, 1865 William Tecumseh Sherman’s point of view on Reconstruction including his attitude on black suffrage.
August 12, 1865 Cartoon in which Uncle Tom announces his equality to a woman who formerly held slaves.
August 26, 1865 Editorial applauds Andrew J. Hamilton, provisional Governor of Texas, for urging citizens to treat freed slaves as freemen.
September 30, 1865 Description of Freedman’s Village in Hampton, Virginia.
October 7, 1865 Editorial calls for South Carolina Convention to recognize black citizenship.
October 14, 1865 Editorial comments on a Northern minister’s fear of miscegenation and supports voting for African-Americans.
October 28, 1865 Editorial suggests President Johnson’s words toward black troops signals a movement toward his support for equality.
November 4, 1865 Status of amendment abolishing slavery.
November 18, 1865 Opportunities for education for Black Americans in Houston, Texas.
December 2, 1865 Major-General Oliver Otis Howard addresses freedmen in Mississippi.
December 16, 1865 Editorial on conventions of people of color in the late insurrectionary states.
December 16, 1865 Alabama legislature ratifies 13th amendment, one more state needed to complete the amendment.
December 23, 1865 The Freedmen’s Bureau at Richmond, Virginia.
December 30, 1865 13th Amendment passes congress, proclaimed by William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Text of Amendment.
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