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4 unusual facts about Georgia during Reconstruction


Georgia during Reconstruction

During the tenure of Amos T. Akerman (1821–1880) as Attorney General of the United States from 1870 to 1871, thousands of indictments were brought against Klansmen in an effort to enforce the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871.

African American legislator Abram Colby was pulled out of his home by a mob and given 100 lashes with a whip.

The states Democrats-including former Confederate leaders Robert Toombs and Howell Cobb-denounced the policies of the Reconstruction in a mass-rally in Atlanta described as the largest in the states history.

The Freedmen's Bureau agents were unable to give blacks the help they needed.



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