LibGuides: Primary Sources: Reconstruction (After U.S. Civil War): Law

Online Sources: Laws & Legal Issues

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"All men free and equal." The XVth amendment proclaimed.
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Message to Congress. - Proclamation of the President ... New Haven, Conn. J. H. Benham & son, printers [1870].
U.S. President 1869-1877 U.S. Grant.
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
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"Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States."
Library of Congress - Web Guides - 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Find and access digital items related to the 14th Amendment as provided by the Library of Congress.
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Document
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Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves.
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Document
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Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
An Act: To amend an act approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes."
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aka Ku Klux Klan Enforcement Acts
An Act: To enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes
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aka Ku Klux Klan Enforcement Acts
Civil Rights Act 1866
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The Creation of the 13th Amendment
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Part of the HarpWeek Explore history site focusing on the 14th Amendment.
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The Creation of the 15th Amendment
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Part of the HarpWeek Explore history site focusing on the 14th Amendment.
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The Ku Klux Klan Hearings - Documents
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Harper's Weekly provides access to various documents related to the KKK as part of a lesson plan for teachers.
United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876)

Book Sources: Laws & Legal Issues

A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.
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Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States by United States. Congress
Call Number: Online - free - Online Books Page
The page provides links to the 13 volumes that comprise the report
The Tragic Conflict by William B. Hesseltine
Call Number: E464 .H4 1962
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Union--disunion--reunion.Three decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885. by Samuel Sullivan Cox
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Years of Turmoil by John Niven
Call Number: E458.N734 Y3
Civil War and Reconstruction; Interpretive Articles and Documentary Sources

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