After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South Student Lesson

Section 3: Primary Source Set

For more primary source materials on your subject, use the Internet Resources listed below.

3. After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South

3a. Lynch Law in Georgia (1899)

3b. Open Letter to President McKinley (Oct. 3, 1899)

3c. The Hardwick Bill: An Interview (1900)

3d. Equality Before the Law (1874)

3e. Education of the Negro (1901)

Internet Resources

The following Internet links will help you find additional primary sources relating to slavery in the United States.

African-American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.
Look especially for documents in the Southern region within the collection.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpahome.html

Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/demo.html

Internet Resources, Learning Page of the Library of Congress.
Begin with the section on U.S. History Resources: Primary Source Collections.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/inres/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/inres/ushist/primary.html