Federal Laws of the Reconstruction: Principal Congressional Acts and Resolutions, Presidential Proclamations, Speeches and Orders, and Other Legislative and Military Documents, 1862-1875
This collection of documents (primarily statutes and presidential proclamations), provide an important research tool that gives a unique sense of the reconstruction process. Included are 37 acts of congress, 44 presidential proclamations, eight congressional resolutions, one inaugural speech, one military field order, one presidential order, and two war department circulars, all reproduced in their entirety and arranged chronologically.
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This collection of documents (primarily statutes and presidential proclamations), provide an important research tool that gives a unique sense of the reconstruction process. Included are 37 acts of congress, 44 presidential proclamations, eight congressional resolutions, one inaugural speech, one military field order, one presidential order, and two war department circulars, all reproduced in their entirety and arranged chronologically.
Preface 1Table I Population of Regions by Race for the Years 1860, 1870, 1880 3Table II Population of Southern States by Race for the Years 1860, 1870, 1880 4Core DocumentsA Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 16. September 22, 1862 7A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 17. January 1, 1863 9A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 11. December 8, 1863 11A Proclamation by the President of the United Stares of America. No. 14. March 26, 1864 13An Act to Repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves. June 28, 1864 15A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 18. July 8, 1864 15A Resolution submitting to the legislatures of the several states a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. No. 11. February 1, 1865. (13th Amendment) 20An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. March 3, 1865 21An Act to incorporate the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. March 3, 1865 23A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 37. May 29, 1865 27A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 1. April 2, 1866 30An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication. April 9, 1866 33A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. No. 48. June 16, 1866. (14th Amendment) 38An Act to continue in force and to amend "An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen andRefugees," and for other purposes. July 16, 1866 39A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 4. August 20, 1866 45A Joint Resolution authorizing the employment of a public vessel for the transportation of provisions to the people of the Southern States. No. 23. February 22, 1867 50An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States. March 2, 1867 50A Resolution for the relief of freedmen or destitute colored people in the District of Columbia. No. 4. March 16, 1867 53An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States," passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restoration. March 23,1867 53A Joint Resolution to furnish the transportation of provisions to the destitute in the South. No. 17. March 29, 1867 57A Resolution for the relief of the destitute in the Southern and Southwestern States. No. 28. March 30, 1867 58An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States," passed on March 2, 1867, and the Act supplementary thereto, passed March 23, 1867. July 19, 1867 58A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 3. September 7, 1867 62A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 4. October 7, 1867 65A Joint Resolution for the Relief of destitute persons in the South. No. 7. January 31, 1868 66An Act to amend the Act passed March 23, 1867, entitled "An Act supplementary to 'An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States,' passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate their restoration." March 11, 1868 66An Act to admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, to representation in Congress. June 25, 1868 67A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 6. July 4, 1868 69An Act to continue the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and for other purposes. July 6, 1868 71An Act relating to the Freedmen's Bureau and providing for its discontinuance. July 25, 1868 73A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 15. December 25, 1868 74A Resolution proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. No. 14. February 27, 1869. (15th Amendment) 75An Act to enforce the Rights of Citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes. May 31, 1870 76An Act to amend an Act approved May 31, 1870, entitled "An Act to enforce the Rights of Citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes." February 28, 1871 85A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 17. March 24, 1871 95An Act to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. April 20, 1871 96A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 2. May 3, 1871 101A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 3. October 12, 1871 102A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 4. October 17, 1871 103A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 6. November 3, 1871 105A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. No. 7. November 10, 1871 106An Act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights. March 1, 1875 108Appendix A Laws Providing for a Republican Form of Government for the Rebel States 111Appendix B Laws Providing for the Readmission of the Rebel States to the Union 132Appendix C Principal Laws (1861-1863) for the Identification of Those States in Rebellion and for the Suspension of Habeas Corpus 145Appendix D Several Regulations and a Speech That Are Relevant to the Reconstruction 155Appendix E Laws Authorizing a Response to Rebellion or Insurrection 163Appendix F Miscellaneous Laws Relevant to Reconstruction 171Appendix G Laws Related to Slave and Peonage Labor 182Bibliography 191Index 193
