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Readings for Belief 4: |
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December 5, 1863 |
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Condition of freedmen along Mississippi River;
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March 19, 1864 |
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Amendment proposed and rejected that "no
negro or person whose mother or grandmother is or was a negro shall be a citizen of the
United States, or be eligible to any civil or military office . . ." |
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May 20, 1865 |
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General Henry Halleck issues proclamation
calling attention to the fact that persons once held as slaves are free but that for
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not cared for by parents, an apprenticeship system will be introduced. |
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July 29, 1865 |
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Editorial attacks South for wanting to be let
alone to deal with freedmen in their own way. References to Black Codes. |
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September 30, 1865 |
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Editorial argues that a minority of Southern
citizens ought not to be able to prevent the black majority from voting and be able to
impose Black Codes or even murder them. Argues, given this, that the military occupation
forces should not be moved. |
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December
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Illustration suggests
blacks will draw rations instead of working for a living. |
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December 16, 1865 |
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Governor Humphreys of Mississippi lays the
vagrancy and pauperism in the state to the Freedmen’s Bureau. |
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