ABSTRACT
In December 1865, following the Civil War, a new constitutional amendment, the thirteenth, was ratified, it abolished slavery. The history of black-white relations in the post-Civil War years may be divided, roughly, into five periods. This chapter reviews a small selection of those acts of racial violence. Race riots are complicated events and for many reasons difficult to research. In the months following the end of the Civil War, the Radical Republicans recognized that Reconstruction was not proceeding as they had intended. They mobilized their supporters and achieved a significant victory in the November 1866 congressional elections. In the months following the end of the Civil War, the Radical Republicans recognized that Reconstruction was not proceeding as they had intended. They mobilized their supporters and achieved a significant victory in the November 1866 congressional elections. Blacks were not the only victims of hatred and violence. Other groups were targeted, either with some system or on “special” occasions.
