Civil Rights Act of 1866
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: African American History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: April 9, 1866
Article abstract: This act joins the Thirteenth Amendment as the first federal legislation to enhance the rights of freed African Americans.
Summary of Event
At the end of the Civil War lay the long road of Reconstruction. As early as 1863, President Abraham Lincoln had expressed a plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War. These plans required a loyalty oath and acceptance of emancipation from Southern states desiring readmission to the Union. It was not until after Lincoln’s assassination that Reconstruction began in earnest.
Andrew Johnson,...
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