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]]> Early Reconstruction and the Memphis Race Massacre of 1866 https://brewminate.com/early-reconstruction-and-the-memphis-race-massacre-of-1866/ Mon, 31 May 2021 18:06:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=156652 The white planters wanted to drive freedmen out of Memphis and back to plantations, to support cotton cultivation

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]]> The Life of William W. Belknap, Impeached Post-Resignation in 1876 https://brewminate.com/the-life-of-william-w-belknap-impeached-post-resignation-in-1876/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:11:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=146350 Grant’s speedy acceptance of Belknap’s resignation undoubtedly saved him from conviction. Introduction William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829

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]]> The Civil War: The Cult of the Lost Cause and the Invention of General Pickett https://brewminate.com/the-civil-war-the-cult-of-the-lost-cause-and-the-invention-of-general-pickett/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:46:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=145502 We are still living with the bitter consequences of his wife’s revisionist narrative today. George Pickett – Major

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]]> The Revolutionary Summer of 1862: How Congress Abolished Slavery https://brewminate.com/the-revolutionary-summer-of-1862-how-congress-abolished-slavery/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:37:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143563 Secession and the Civil War were about slavery and race. Introduction In his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln

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]]> John Brown’s “Tragic Prelude” to the U.S. Civil War https://brewminate.com/john-browns-tragic-prelude-to-the-u-s-civil-war/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:37:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143720 John Brown first became a nationally known figure in 1856 through his actions in the Kansas Territory, three

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]]> “​Sweltering with Treason”​: The Civil War Trials of William Matthew Merrick https://brewminate.com/sweltering-with-treason-the-civil-war-trials-of-william-matthew-merrick/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:37:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=144384 From the beginning of the war, Merrick was suspected of disloyalty. The American Civil War was not just

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]]> Ending the Bloodshed: The Last Surrenders of the Civil War https://brewminate.com/ending-the-bloodshed-the-last-surrenders-of-the-civil-war/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:01:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143769 Not until sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866, did the President formally declare an end to

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]]> In Freedom’s Shadow: The Reconstruction Legacy of Renty Franklin Greaves https://brewminate.com/in-freedoms-shadow-the-reconstruction-legacy-of-renty-franklin-greaves/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:04:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=141886 His story represents the lives of many African American leaders who remain in the shadows of history during

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