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Secret Meeting of Southern Unionists (Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1866)

Secret Meeting of Southern Unionists
(Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1866)

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This sketch depicts a meeting in Louisiana of Union men who resented Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that returned power to the hands of the old slave-owning class.
Copyright 2003
A New Birth of Freedom: Reconstruction During the Civil War The Meaning of Freedom: Black and White Responses to Slavery From Free Labor to Slave Labor Rights and Power: The Politics of Reconstruction Introduction The Ending of Reconstruction Epilogue Additional Resources Credits for this Exhibit