Newspaper Research

Alexander
10/4/18

Newspaper Research

Reflection

While looking back at newspapers from Louisiana in 1865-1877, I learned that the use of terms such as "colored" and "negroes" was substantially more prevalent in comparison to modern day. I expected to see these terms in the newspapers, but the shear amount of times these terms were used in one page of a newspaper is absurd. This newspaper archive gives specific examples about issues and controversies of the Reconstruction, something that reading a textbook account won't exactly give you.

Why did the Reconstruction come to an end in 1877?

The Reconstruction came to an end because of the Compromise of 1877. Promises about maintaining civil and political rights for blacks from Southern Democrats hadn't been kept, and these interferences led to disenfranchisement of black voters all across the south. This compromise took away many rights that recently freed slaves had enjoyed. In the late 1870's, these laws had completely segregated blacks and whites, effectively ending the Reconstruction.

Compromise of 1877

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