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Reconstruction
| - | Henry Blake, interview, WPA Federal Writers' Project, ca. 1937, excerpt on sharecropping |
| - | Freedmen's Bureau, Georgia, Report of assaults with intent to murder, committed upon freed people . . . , 1868
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| - | Winslow Homer, Visit from the Old Mistress, oil on canvas, 1876 |
| - | Thomas Anshutz, The Way They Live, oil on canvas, 1879 |
| - | "Long John," work song: lyrics and audioclip |
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The Way They Live |
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Henry Blake:
www.historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6377/
Freedmen's Bureau:
www.freedmensbureau.com/georgia/gaoutr8.htm
Homer: PDF file*
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/freedom/text6/homervisit.pdf
Anshutz: PDF file*
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/freedom/text6/anshutz.pdf
"Long John":
www.historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5758/
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Online
Sources
| Henry Blake / "Long John": History Matters, George Mason University and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
Freedmen's Bureau: Freedmen's Bureau Online, Christine's Genealogy Websites
Homer / Anshutz: National Humanities Center
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Printing
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- Length: 12 pages.
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Supplemental
sites
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The Mississippi Black Code, 1865, from America, Past and Present Online
From Slave Labor to Free Labor (sharecropping), from Digital History
A Sharecrop Contract, 1882, from America, Past and Present Online
The Agricultural Labor Force in the South, Testimony before the U.S. Senate, 1880, from America, Past and Present Online
The Ku Klux Klan, from Digital History
Ku Klux Klan Violence in Georgia, Testimony before the U.S. Senate, 1871, from History Matters
The Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction, Testimony before the U.S. Senate, 1872, from West Valley College, California
Albion W. Tourgée, Letter on Ku Klux Klan Activities, 1870, from America, Past and Present Online
Winslow Homer, Visit from the Old Mistress, from Civil War@Smithsonian
Winslow Homer, Visit from the Old Mistress, from Africans in America (PBS)
Winslow Homer Online, from Artcyclopedia
Thomas Anshutz Online, from Artcyclopedia
African American History and Literature, 1865-1917: Online Resources
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