"Convention of Freedmen Discussing Their Political Rights."

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Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Title:: "Convention of Freedmen Discussing Their Political Rights."
Publisher:: Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Date of Original:: 1866
Subject:: African Americans--Political activity
Freed persons
Political science
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace
Location:: United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
Medium:: photomechanical prints
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: This image appeared in THE SOUTH by John T. Trowbridge, published in 1866. The full title of the book is THE SOUTH: A TOUR OF ITS BATTLE-FIELDS AND RUINED CITIES, A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESOLATED STATES, AND TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COUNTRY - ITS AGRICULTURE - RAILROADS - BUSINESS AND FINANCES - GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF CONFEDERATE MISRULE, AND OF THE SUFFERINGS, NECESSITIES AND MISTAKES, POLITICAL VIEWS, SOCIAL CONDITION AND PROSPECTS, OF THE ARISTOCRACY, MIDDLE CLASS, POOR WHITES AND NEGROES.
Metadata URL:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/20003
IIIF manifest:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/photo:20003/manifest.json
Language:: eng
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Original Collection:: Trowbridge, J. T.
The South: A Tour of Its Battle-Fields and Ruined Cities, a Journey Through the Desolated States, and Talks with the People
F216 .T86 1866
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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