- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Voter Registration
- Publisher:
- Harper's Weekly
- Date of Original:
- 1867
- Subject:
- Suffrage--Southern States
African Americans--Suffrage--Southern States
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Civil rights--Southern States
Men--Southern States
African American men--Southern States
Freedmen--United States
Tables
Voting--Southern States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
illustrations (layout features) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Freedmen, pictured in September 1867, registered to vote during Congressional Reconstruction in drives conducted by the U.S. military. Between 1867 and 1872, sixty-nine African Americans from Georgia served either as delegates to the 1867 constitutional convention or as members of the state legislature.
Image of an illustration of freedmen registering to vote during Congressional Reconstruction in a drive conducted by the U.S. military. A line of African American men stand behind a table. The first man in line looks downward, appearing to contemplate his options.
Between 1867 and 1872, sixty-nine African Americans from Georgia served either as delegates to the 1867 constitutional convention or as members of the state legislature. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/reconstruction-conventions/m-800/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Harper's Weekly
From Harper's Weekly - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/reconstruction-conventions
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/reconstruction-georgia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/black-legislators-during-reconstruction
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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