The Consequences of War.
You may optionally read the article by Susan-Mary Grant, "'The Charter of its
Birthright:' The Civil War and American Nationalism," in Grant and Parish,
eds., Legacy of Disunion, 188-206, (On one-hour reserve in
Furman Library.)
The Assassination of Lincoln and the
Trial of the Lincoln Conspirators.
Analyze this
political cartoon produced in the wake of the assassination on the
Library of Congress Harpweek website,
The Search for Contemporary
Meanings.
Finish reading Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic in
preparation for our discussion today in class.
Group 2's comparative book review of the Horwitz and Ayers books are due in class today. See the analytical review essay guidelines for specific requirements.
Historian's Interpretations and the Year of Self-Reconstruction.
Look at the provisions of the Mississippi Black Code (1865), with special attention to
landholding rights, apprenticeship, marriage, and punishments. Read the Nashville Citizen's Petition (Jan. 1865). Read Sherman's
Field Order #15 (Jan. 1865). Read the letter of some North
Carolina Soldiers to the Freedman's Bureau (Spring 1865). Read the Address of the Colored
State Convention to the People of the State of South Carolina. Analyze
the Labor Contract with Seven Freedmen. You may optionally
read a Northern traveler's account of Three
Months Among the Reconstructionists, Atlantic Monthly,
(February 1866), 237-45.
Radicalization: The Debates over Civil
Rights and State Rights.
Read Burton, Age of Lincoln, chapter eleven. Read the text of
the 13th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment. Read the UH Digital History
account ofThe Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
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