Reconstruction Glossary

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Brownlow (William Gannaway) - methodist preacher, first post-war governor of Tennessee, newspaper editor, see rich page at Wikipedia [1], advocate of a strong test of loyalty to the Union for voting rights.
Douglas, Frederic - prominent abolitionist, entry needs completion! Wikipedia [2]
Houzeau (Jean-Charles) - Belgian journalist and astronomer, became the editor of the New Orleans Tribune in 1864, making it into a widely read journal whose influence spread far beyond Louisiana.
Philbrick (Edward S.) - oversaw the first attempt at Reconstruction on the Sea Islands.
Small, Robert - black war hero (the man who "stole" the Planter) who sparked a media frenzy when he was kicked off a Philadelphia streetcar in Jan 1865 for being black. This led to a number of Northern cities desegregating streetcars.

Davis Bend - Joe Davis' (Jefferson Davis' brother) prewar experiment to create an ideal slave community. Influence of Robert Owen.
Sea Island - North Carolina. much publicized first attempt at reconstruction, Sherman authorized this effort at least partially in an attempt to free the army of the massive number of former that were following the army. Particular, as those freedmen originally from the Sea Islands had already had a certain degree of autonomy, and also because of the national coverage that it received (missionaries, investors, etc.)

Freedmen's Bureau -- created in March 1865, based on the reports of Owen, McKaye, and Howe (American Freedmen's Inquiry commission). Encouraged the notion of reparations, it had the power to rent 40-acre plots of confiscated land. It's full name: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
New Orleans Tribune -- The paper's program included black suffrage, desegregation, equality before the law, and redistribution of plantations to the freedmen. The paper, founded in 1864 by Roudanez still exists today, though it is no longer bilingual French-English. [3]

Wade-Davis bill -- 1864. Required delaying reconstruction in a State until more than half of the white men had taken the Ironclad Oath. Lincoln used a pocket veto to bury the bill, and was accused of "dictatorial usurpation" by the bill's authors.

 * '''Houzeau (Jean-Charles)''' - Belgian journalist and astronomer, became the editor of the New Orleans ''Tribune'' in 1864, making it into a widely read journal whose influence spread far beyond Louisiana.
 * '''Philbrick (Edward S.)''' - oversaw the first attempt at Reconstruction on the Sea Islands.
+* '''Small, Robert''' - black war hero (the man who "stole" the ''Planter'') who sparked a media frenzy when he was kicked off a Philadelphia streetcar in Jan 1865 for being black.  This led to a number of Northern cities desegregating streetcars.
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