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The 92 pages that link to Reconstruction era, each with the reason it gives.

• AbolitionismRelated: It shows the contested political aftermath of emancipation in the United States.

• Frederick DouglassRelated: Douglass advocated national protection for Black citizenship and voting rights during Reconstruction.

• Abraham LincolnRelated: Lincoln’s plans for reunion shaped the first phase of postwar policy.

• Slavery in the United StatesRelated: Its policies determined how emancipation would affect political rights and public life.

• United StatesRelated: It tested federal authority and citizenship after emancipation.

• Emancipation ProclamationRelated: The proclamation’s wartime freedom claim became part of the unresolved postwar struggle over Black citizenship and rights.

• Republican PartyRelated: Republican-led governments pursued constitutional amendments and civil rights protections during this era.

• Ulysses S. GrantRelated: Grant used federal authority to support Reconstruction and protect the postwar political order.

• Racial segregation in the United StatesRelated: Its end enabled Southern states to dismantle Black political gains and impose segregation.

• Sojourner TruthRelated: Truth campaigned during Reconstruction for freedpeople’s rights and Black suffrage.

• SharecroppingRelated: Sharecropping spread across the South as emancipation and Reconstruction altered plantation labor.

• Thirteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionRelated: Ratification began a broader struggle over freedom and citizenship.

• JuneteenthRelated: Juneteenth’s first celebrations unfolded as Reconstruction began.

• Thomas NastRelated: Nast’s cartoons defended Reconstruction and criticized attacks on Black civil rights.

• American Equal Rights AssociationRelated: The association emerged as Reconstruction debates made Black suffrage a national political question.

• Racism in the United StatesRelated: Its gains and rollback shaped the legal landscape of racial equality after slavery.

• States' rightsRelated: Federal enforcement of civil and political rights challenged state control over racial policy.

• Local colorRelated: Its political and social transformations shaped many local-color depictions of Southern communities.

• South CarolinaRelated: South Carolina’s postwar politics became a major setting for Reconstruction’s conflicts and reforms.

• American regionalismRelated: Regional writing emerged amid intense disputes over Southern identity and social change.

• Cotton KingdomRelated: After emancipation, Reconstruction reshaped labor and political power across the former cotton region.

• Harper's WeeklyRelated: The magazine’s editorials and cartoons took sides in disputes over Reconstruction.

• Ku Klux KlanRelated: Klan terror targeted the political and social changes Reconstruction attempted to establish.

• John Wilkes BoothRelated: Lincoln’s assassination altered the leadership under which Reconstruction began.

• P. G. T. BeauregardRelated: Beauregard’s postwar life unfolded amid the remaking of Southern society and government.

• Roger B. TaneyRelated: Reconstruction amendments and legislation confronted the citizenship and rights questions Taney’s Court had addressed.

• John Hope FranklinRelated: Franklin’s histories examined the struggle over emancipation and Black citizenship after the Civil War.

• LynchingRelated: White supremacist violence, including lynching, sought to undo Black political gains.

• Deep SouthRelated: Its reforms and violent backlash reshaped the Deep South after emancipation.

• Drew Gilpin FaustRelated: Faust’s studies examine how emancipation and war reshaped Southern life.

• Assassination of Abraham LincolnRelated: Lincoln’s death left Reconstruction policy in the hands of Andrew Johnson and Congress.

• John ShermanRelated: Sherman served in Congress during Reconstruction and debated policies for rebuilding national institutions.

• History of slaveryRelated: It tested how freedom and citizenship would be secured after U.S. slavery.

• Margaret WalkerRelated: Jubilee follows Black family life into the era of emancipation and Reconstruction.

• GyumriRelated: Gyumri’s recovery has involved prolonged reconstruction alongside persistent housing needs.

• History of LouisianaRelated: Federal occupation and political change transformed Louisiana before white supremacist rule returned.

• History of South CarolinaRelated: Federal Reconstruction transformed South Carolina's political order before white rule was restored.

• Politics of the United StatesRelated: Its amendments and political conflicts reshaped citizenship and voting rights.

• Post-warRelated: Post-war recovery often begins with repairing damaged homes, transport, and public services.