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Brooks-Baxter War, 1874
BROOKS-BAXTER WAR, 1874. A Plague O Both Your Houses. American cartoon of 1874 on the Brooks-Baxter War, which pitted Elisha Baxter, elected Governor of Arkansas in 1872

North Carolina: Vote, 1867
NORTH CAROLINA: VOTE, 1867. Freedmen registering to vote at Asheville, North Carolina, in 1867. Contemporary color engraving

Freedmen Voting, 1871
FREEDMEN VOTING, 1871. Freedmen voting at Richmond, Virginia, in 1871. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

CIVIL WAR: PAROLES, 1865. Rebel soldiers taking the Oath of Allegiance in the Senate chamber at Richmond, Virginia. Wood engraving from a Northern newspaper shortly after the end of the Civil War in

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1864. American cartoon from, or just after, the presidential campaign of 1864 showing the Rail Splitter Abraham Lincoln and his running mate, Andrew Johnson

THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. American President Ulysses S. Grant signing the 15th amendment grating the right to vote for African Americans

BALTIMORE: 15th AMENDMENT. Parade held in Baltimore, 19th May 1870, to celebrate the passing of the 15th Amendment granting universal male suffrage. Contemporary American lithograph

CIVIL WAR: RICHMOND, 1865. Ladies of Richmond, Virginia, passing a Union soldier on their way to receive government rations following the defeat of the Confederacy, 1865

CIVIL WAR: CHARLESTON, 1865. The ruins of Charleston, South Carolina. Photograph by George N. Bernard, 1865

BLACK CHURCH, 1865. First African Church, Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Photographed in 1865 following the Confederate evacuation of the city in April

RECONSTRUCTION, c1865. After A Little While. Lithograph by Charles Magnus, c1865

THE FIRST VOTE, 1867. Freedmen voting in the American South. Color engraving, 1867

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: 1864. Contemporary American cartoon showing the Rail Splitter Abraham Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: 1864. Contemporary American cartoon showing the " Rail Splitter" Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson, the Tennessee tailor

RICHMOND: VOTERS, 1870. Freedmen registering to vote in 1870 in the first municipal election in Richmond, Virginia, held after the end of the Civil War: colored engraving, 1870

JOHN WILLIS MENARD (1838-1893). American politician, poet and editor. Wood engraving, 1868, after a photograph by Matthew Brady, taken after Menard was elected Congressman from Louisiana in 1868

FREEDMENs VILLAGE, 1866. Generals James B. Steedman and Joseph Scott Fullerton conferring with freedmen in their church at Trent River settlement, North Carolina. Wood engraviung, American, 1866

ROME: COLOSSEUM, 1685. Reconstruction of the Colosseum in Rome. Line engraving, 1685

SHARECROPPERS, 1876. In Ole Virginny. Black sharecroppers on a farm in Virginia. Wood engraving, American, 1876

SOUTH: COTTON PLANTING. Covering in the seed on a cotton field in the American South. Wood engraving, American, 1875, after Edwin Austin Abbey

COUNTRY STORE, 1872. Interior of a general store in North Carolina during Reconstruction. Wood engraving, American, 1872

FREEDMENs SCHOOL, 1868. The Coan School at Norfolk, Virginia, established for freedmen after the Civil War. Wood engraving, American, 1868

RECONSTRUCTION: CARTOON. Lex Africanus. A southern senator is forced to share his hotel bed with a black legislator. Cartoon from a northern American newspaper of 1874

BLACK CONVENTION, 1876. The Colored National Convention in session in Nashville, Tennessee, 5-7 April 1876. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

CHARLESTON: SCENES, 1875. Sketches from the streets of Charleston, South Carolina. Wood engravings from an American newspaper of 1875

PLANTATION: PAY DAY, 1869. A black couple returning to their cabin after shopping at the store on pay day. Wood engravng, American, 1869

BLACK PEDDLERS, 1872. Black and white wood sellers at Richmond, Virginia, during Reconstruction. Wood engraving, American, 1872, after drawings by W.L. Sheppard

ANCIENT ROME, c170 A. D. Restoration of the city of Rome at the time of the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
ANCIENT ROME, c170 A.D. Restoration of the city of Rome at the time of the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180). Line engraving, 1879

SUGAR PLANTATION, 1875. Harvesting sugar cane on a Louisiana plantation. Wood engraving, American, 1875

COLORED MENs CONVENTION. The National Convention of Colored Men in session at Washington, D. C. in 1869
COLORED MENs CONVENTION. The National Convention of Colored Men in session at Washington, D.C. in 1869. Contemporary wood engraving

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 1867. A view of Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia. Wood engraving, American, 1867

TOBACCO FACTORY, 1873. Black women and children removing the stems from tobacco leaves in Richmond, Virginia

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, 1869. Howard University, Washington, D. C. under construction: wood engraving, American, 1869
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, 1869. Howard University, Washington, D.C. under construction: wood engraving, American, 1869

BLACK EMIGRANTS, 1867. Black emigrants on the deck of a steamer bound for New York from Richmond, Virginia, 1867. Contemporary American wood engraving

BLACK CHURCH, 1874. Exterior of the First African Church, Richmond, Virginia. Wood engraving, 1874

RAILROAD CREW, 1877. Convict laborers from a railroad crew in western Louisiana under close supervision at a camp along the route of the proposed New Orleans Pacific Railroad, 1877

CHAIN GANG, 1868. A chain gang employed in street cleaning in Richmond, Virginia. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1868

GEORGIA: MARKET, 1875. Going to market - a scene near Savannah, Georgia. Wood engraving, American, 1875

BLACK REPRESENTATIVE, 1868. John Willis Menard of Louisiana, the first black elected to the House of Representatives, congratulated on the floor of the House on 7 December 1868; but his seat was

IN OLD VIRGINNY, 1876. Black sharecroppers on a farm in Virginia. Wood engraving, American, 1876

JOSEPH HAYNE RAINEY (1832-1887). American politician. Wood engraving, American, 1871

RICHMOND: NEWSBOYS, 1868. Black newsboys in Richmond, Virginia, dividing the days profits from their sales. Wood engraving, American, 1868, after a drawing by William Ludwell Sheppard

RECONSTRUCTION, 1868. Colored people gathering firewood - A winter scene in Virginia. Wood engraving, 1868, from a contemporary American newspaper

RECONSTRUCTION CARTOON. A cartoon from an American newspaper of 1868 commenting on the part of Thaddeus Stevens in developing Reconstruction plans

KANSAS: BLACK EXODUS, 1879. Black migrants from the American South in one of the buildings at Topeka, Kansas, used as a terminus of the exodus to the North

FREEDMENs BUREAU, 1868. An allegorical representation of the Freedmens Bureau, showing a Union soldier keeping the peace between two unruly groups of blacks and whites. Wood engraving, 1868

SOUTH: SUGAR PLANTATION. The sugar harvest in Louisiana. Wood engraving, American, 1875

KANSAS: BLACK EXODUS, 1879. Religious services for black migrants from the American South in one of the buildings at Topeka, Kansas

VA: BLACK CHURCH, 1874. The First African Church at Richmond, Virginia: American engraving, 1874

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