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Under its terms Johnson would agree to two modifica- ■ In 1866, as Congress reviewed the progress of Reconstruction, news from the South had a considerable impact. Violence against black people, like the riot in Memphis depicted here, helped convince northern legislators that they had to modify President Johnson’s policies. (Library of Congress) The Congressional Reconstruction Plan tions of his program: extension of the Freedmen’s Bureau for another year and passage of a civil rights bill to counteract the black codes.
Some rural dwellers established small all-black settlements that still exist today along the back roads of the South. Even once-privileged slaves desired such independence and social separation. ” In addition to a fair employer, what freed men and women most wanted was the ownership of land. Land 1865–1877 represented self-sufficiency and a chance to gain compensation for generations of bondage. General Sherman’s special Field Order Number 15, issued in February 1865, set aside 400,000 acres of land in the Sea Islands region for the exclusive settlement of the freedpeople.
Northerners disagreed about whether black citizens should have the right to vote. ” But there was prejudice, too. “Although there is a great deal [of ] profession among us for the relief of the darkey yet I think much of it is far from being cincere. ” Those arched words are indicative of not only how revolutionary Reconstruction had become, but also how far the public will lagged behind the enactments that became new constitutional cornerstones. Emancipation made every former slave a full rather than three-fifths of a person, which would increase southern representation.