Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 6-July 27, 1871) South CarolinaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Reconstruction |
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