Radical Reconstruction
Subtitle: a brief history with documents
By: K. Stephen Prince, University of South Florida
Series: Bedford series in history and culture; Bedford series in history and culture
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781457669347
Subjects: Sources; Race relations; Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877) fast (OCoLC)fst01754987; Social conditions; American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658; Peace; History; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Description: "The Reconstruction period following the Civil War was a transformative moment in which political leaders addressed questions concerning the place of the southern states in the postwar nation, the status of formerly enslaved African Americans, and the powers and limitations of the federal government. In this volume K. Stephen Prince explores the important role of the Radical Republicans in pressing for change during this period in a way designed to make the complexities of Reconstruction comprehensible to students. The Introduction introduces the Radical Republicans and details how Reconstruction grew from a complex negotiation among groups with often conflicting agendas. The documents, arranged in thematic and roughly chronological chapters, allow students to sift through the evolution of Radical Reconstruction and its aftermath through speeches, letters, press coverage, legislation, and contemporary illustrations. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions to consider, and a bibliography enrich students' understanding of Radical Reconstruction."--Publisher website.

Contains primary source documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Introduction: Who were the Radical Republicans? The Radicals' Reconstruction ; Allies and adversaries ; Wartime Reconstruction ; Andrew Johnson and the Radicals ; The Fourteenth Amendment and the election of 1866 ; The Reconstruction Act of 1867 ; The impeachment of Andrew Johnson and the election of Ulysses S Grant ; From Radicalism to redemption ; The legacy of Radical Reconstruction; title: Part Two. The documents. 1. Wartime reconstruction and presidential reconstruction: Abraham Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 ; Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 ; Benjamin Wade and Henry Winter Davis, The Wade-Davis Manifesto, August 1864 ; The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1865 ; Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, Speech on racial equality in the U.S. House of Representatives, February 12, 1865 ; Andrew Johnson, "May Proclamations," May 29, 1865 ; George S. Boutwell, Speech on the "true basis" of Reconstruction, July 4, 1865 ; Thaddeus Stevens, Speech on land distribution, September 6, 1865 ; George W. Julian, Speech on the "Grasp of War" Doctrine, November 17, 1865 ; Thomas Nast, "Pardon" and "Franchise," August 5, 1865 ; Northern voters reject black suffrage, 1865 ; Mississippi Legislature, Acts relating to the freedpeope, 1965 ; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Letter in support of Women's suffrage, December 26, 1865; title: 2. Defending civil rights: Andrew Johnson, First annual message, December 4, 1865 ; Charles Sumner, Speech on the "Actual condition of the rebel states," December 20, 1865 ; Benjamin Wade, Speech on the "Great principle of eternal justice," January 18, 1866 ; Lyman Trumbull, Speech on the Civil Rights Bill, January 29, 1866 ; Black delegation to the White House calls for civil and political rights, February 7, 1866 ; The Civil Rights Bill, March 1866 ; Andrew Johnson, Veto of the Civil Rights Bill, March 27, 1866 ; Harper's Weekly, "Outside of the galleries of the House of Representatives during the passage of the Civil Rights Bill," April 28, 1866 ; A Northern journalist describes racial violence in Memphis, Tennessee, May 1866 ; Report of the Joint Select Committee on Reconstruction, June 1866 ; Thaddeus Stevens, Speech on the Fourteenth Amendment, June 13, 1866 ; The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868 ; Wendell Phillips, Speech criticizing the Fourteenth Amendment, October 25, 1866 ; Resolutions of the North Carolina Freedmen's Convention, October 1866; title: 3. Toward African American suffrage: Record of ratification votes for the Fourteenth Amendment, October 1866-February 1867 ; Thomas Nast, "King Andy," November 3, 1866 ; Andrew Johnson, Second annual message, December 3, 1866 ; Frederick Douglass, "Reconstruction," December 1866 ; Hamilton Ward, Speech on Radical Republicanism, December 13, 1866 ; John Broomall, Speech on black suffrage, January 8, 1867 ; James M. Ashley, Speech on the Southern state governments, January 26, 1867 ; George W. Julian, "Regeneration before Reconstruction," January 28, 1867 ; The Reconstruction Act, March 1867 ; A.R Waud, "The first vote," November 16, 1867; title: 4. Impeachment and the election of Grant: Charles Sumner and John Sherman, Debate on land redistribution, March 11, 1867 ; James M. Ashley, Speech on impeachment, March 7, 1867 ; George S. Boutwell, Speech on impeachment, December 5 and 6, 1867 ; The Tenure of Office Act, March 2, 1867 ; Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson, March 2, 1868 ; The Senate votes on impeachment, May 1868 ; W.L. Sheppard, "Electioneering at the South," July 25, 1868 ; Ulysses S. Grant, Acceptance of the 1868 Republican presidential nomination, May 1868 ; The Democratic Party Platform, July 1868; title: 5. From Radicalism to redemption. Henry Wilson and Samuel Pomeroy, Speeches on the Fifteenth Amendment, January 28-29, 1869 ; The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1870 ; Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, Debate over women's suffrage, May 1869 ; Hiram R. Revels, First speech as a U.S. Senator, March 16, 1870 ; Currier & Ives, The first colored ssenator and representatives, 1872 ; Elias Hill, Testimony about a Ku Klux Klan attack, 1871 ; "Veni vidi" describes the violence of redemption in Mississippi, July 1875 ; Rutherford B. Hayes, Inaugural address, March 5, 1877; title: Appendixes. A chronology of Radical Reconstruction (1863-1877) ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography.