An Exploration of the Effects of Freedmen’s Bureau and Union Troop Presence on City/Town-Level African-American Office-Holdings During Reconstruction
Live Poster Session:Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92202852808?pwd=L0JSUExoZ3o0SHp4eFVsVVNBNm1VQT09 Abstract: For approximately ten to fifteen years following the American Civil War, the Federal government employed tactics aimed at facilitating and enforcing the freedom of African-Americans, including, most prominently, the institution of Freedmen’s Bureaus and the installment of Union troops throughout the formerly-confederate southern states. This … Read more