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The Facts of Reconstruction

by John R. Lynch

First-hand perspective on the years right after the Civil War, when blacks were not yet denied so many of their rights. They were in Congress! A part of history that isn't well studied in school.

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John R. Lynch

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John Roy Lynch was a black Republican politician, writer, attorney and military officer. Born into slavery in Louisiana, he became free in 1863 under the Emancipation Proclamation. His father was an I...

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