Northern missionaries open schools in the South — and freed slaves rejoice in the opportunity to be educated. The South's new, racially integrated legislatures create the region's first public schools — for blacks and for whites.
German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam.Â
Excerpts from the Reverend Edward Scott, who had run away from slavery and helped others escape via the underground railway and Dr. Benjamin Morgan Palmer's Thanksgiving sermon.
Faced with the growing threat of African American political, economic and social power, white Southerners put aside their differences to unite. With rough politics and terror they seek to restore their supremacy.
