FREEDMEN. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ANSWER TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF THE 27TH ULTIMO, RELATIVE TO THE PROVISIONS IN THE CONSTITUTIONS OF SEVERAL SOUTHERN STATES RELATIVE TO THE FREEDMEN.
[Washington: 1866]. 39th Cong., 1st Sess. HED118. 1866. 33, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Very Good.
The report summarizes the early Reconstruction constitutions of the seceded States. A "collation of the provisions in reference to freedmen contained in the amended constitutions of the southern States, and in the laws passed by those States since the suppression of the rebellion..." The States abolish slavery, qualify blacks as witnesses, render them citizens, permit them to marry [but prohibiting racial intermarriage]. However, also included are disabling provisions designed to confine Blacks to an inferior caste.
OCLC 7859729 [6] as of Novemer 2021. Item #34585
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