U.S. Congress. Senate. Testimony Taken by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi, Vol. II. 42nd cong., 2nd sess., 1872. S.Rpt. 41, pt. 12, serial 1495, illustration following p. 1158. Via HathiTrust.
"Over the course of seven months in 1871, Congress did something extraordinary for the time: It listened to Black people."
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Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, appointed under and in pursuance of a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of April 7, 1871, ask leave to report in part as follows...
42nd cong., 2nd sess., 1871. S.Rpt. 6, serial 1483. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3985175?urlappend=%3Bseq=31%3Bownerid=9007199276154561-41 https://books.google.com/books?id=fwxYAAAAcAAJ |
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In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States, appointed under and in pursuance of a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of April 7, 1871, ask leave to report as follows...
42nd cong., 2nd sess., 1871. S.Rpt. 7, serial 1483. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3985175?urlappend=%3Bseq=47%3Bownerid=9007199276154561-59 https://books.google.com/books?id=fwxYAAAAcAAJ |
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| U.S. Congress. House. Election frauds in Arkansas. 42nd cong., 2nd sess., 1872. H.Rpt. 5, serial 1528. https://books.google.com/books?id=7S1YAAAAcAAJ |
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In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of the Late Insurrectionary States so far as regards the execution of the laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States, submitted the following report... 42nd cong., 2nd sess., 1872. S.Rpt. 15, serial 1483. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3985175?urlappend=%3Bseq=73%3Bownerid=9007199276154561-87 https://books.google.com/books?id=fwxYAAAAcAAJ |
