Reconstruction In Mississippi Primary Source Edition

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Militant? Uncompromising? Pragmatic? Utilitarian? Accommodating? Conservative? To engage Martin Robison Delany (1812–1885) is to wrestle with almost all the complexities and paradoxes of nineteenth-century black leadership in one public intellectual. After his previous book on Delany, senior historian Tunde Adeleke has compiled here letters, speeches, contemporary nineteenth-century newspaper articles, and reports written by and about Delany. These vital primary sources cover his Civil War and Reconstruction career in South Carolina and include key critical reactions to Delany’s ideas and writings from his contemporaries. There are over ninety documents, the vast majority not previously published. Delany remains the subject of conflicting and confusing interpretations. Adeleke indicates that Delany actually manifested complex dispositions. He presaged manifestations of the strands of both protest and compromise that would define the early twentieth-century world of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. An African American abolitionist and journalist, Delany advocated for black nationalism, one of the first to do so. After working alongside Frederick Douglass to publish the North Star in the 1840s, Delany looked into establishing a settlement in West Africa. Yet during the Civil War, he served as the first African American field grade officer in the Union Army. Then he labored for the Freedmen’s Bureau in South Carolina. Delany even ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor as a Republican and later defected to the Democrats. These documents will prove an indispensable call and response to an unparalleled intellectual life.

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RECONSTRUCTION IN MISSISSIPPI. Contents include: CHAPTER FIRST SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR I. The Rupture with the United States ...... 1 II, Waging War .......... 8 IIL Problems of Military Occupation ..... .29 IV. Political and Economic Activity during the War ... 38 CHAPTER SECOND THE TRANSITION FROM CIVIL WAR TO RECONSTRUCTION I. The Peace Sentiment ......... 61 II. The Collapse of the Confederacy ...... 56 IIL The Private Law Status during the War ..... 63 CHAPTER THIRD PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION I. The Inauguration of the Presidential Policy in Mississippi . 76 II. The Reconstruction Convention of 1865 ..... 82 IIL Conflicts between the Civil and Military Authorities 96 IV, The Status of the Freedmen ....... 109 CHAPTER FOURTH THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION I. Economic Problems ......... 122 II. Reconstruction of the Postal and Railway Service . . .189 CHAPTER FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION I. The National Inquest ......... 147 II. The Reconstruction Arts ........ 166 III. Military Government Tinder Gonnal Ord ..... 161 xi FAOK IV. The Registration of the New Electorate 171 V. Party Politics in 1867 176 VI. Military Government under General Gillem ... 182 VII. The Reconstruction Convention of 1808 186 VIII. Party Politics in 1868 205 IX. The Removal of Governor Humphreys and the Appointment of General Ames 218 X. The Rejection of the Constitution 216 XI. The Mississippi Question in Congress 222 XII. Military Government under General Ames .... 228 XIII. Party Politics hi 1869. The Constitution ratiiled . .237 CHAPTER SIXTH THB FBEBDMENS BUREAU . ....... 249 CHAPTER SEVENTH THB RjffiSSTABLISHMBNT OF CXVXL GOVKBNMNT I. The Final Act of Reconstruction ...... 260 II.Readmission to the Union ........ 272 in. The Inauguration of a Civil Governor ... 1 277 IV. Reorganization under the Reconstruction Constitution CHAPTER EIGHTH THB GAMBIT-BAG I-The Election of General Ames as Civil Governor . . . 2 K II. The Inauguration of the Ames Administration 204 III. Local Government under Republican Rule . .,306 IV. State Expenditures . . . ., . f I4 V. Unpopular Legislation ... 324 VI. The Vicksburg Troubles ..... 328 CHAPTER NINTH THE KOKI DX DISXUKBANCBS IK MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER TENTH EDUCATIONAL REOOWBTBUOTION 54 CHAPTER ELEVENTH THE REVOLUTION PJLOX I. The Election Campaign of 1875 372 II. Riots and Disturbances during 1875 ...... 375 III. Preparations for War 382 IV. The Triumph of the Democracy 389 V. The Impeachment of State Officials 401 VI. The Completion of the Revolution 410 RECONSTRUCTION IN MISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER FIRST. SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR I. THE RUPTURE WITH THE UNITED STATES. IT is necessary to a correct understanding 1 of the history of the period which it is proposed to cover in this chapter to review briefly the steps leading up to the beginning of hostilities with the United States. The perpetuation and extension of the system of negro slavery, the real cause of the Civil War, was declared by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in 1837 to be a part of the public policy of the state. 1 Three years before this deci sion was made, the people of the state repudiated unequivo cally the doctrine of nullification and secession. On the 9th of June, 1884, the Democratic state convention, pre sided over by General Thomas Hinds, unanimously resolved that a constitutional right of secession from the Union, on the part of a single state as asserted by thenullifying leaders of South Carolina, is utterly unsanctioned by the Constitution, which was framed to establish, not to destroy, the Union. 2 Secession in Mississippi was nothing more than an abstract question, until the adoption by Congress of the policy of excluding slavery from the territories. What is believed to have been the first organized opposition to this policy was made by a state convention at Jackson in Octo ber, 1849...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ A Mississippi View Of Race Relations In The South Dunbar Rowland Harmon pub. co., printers, 1903 Social Science; Ethnic Studies; African American Studies; African Americans; Afro-Americans; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies; United States

The era of Reconstruction followed the long, bloody Civil War, and became one of the most important in the nation's history. It set guidelines for race relations and the federal government's involvement in them. From black codes to voting rights for black men, Reconstruction was an active, but contentious period. Documents such as amendments to the Constitution and speeches from the nation's leaders are examined along with text that provides the necessary context to fully understand the volatile issues debated. This fully illustrated volume highlights the people and their works with a clear and authoritative voice.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Reconstruction, as the United States government and people worked to recover from the effects of the Civil War.