The following content is provided as supplemental materials for the Arkansas State Archives Reconstruction lesson plan.
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Account of affairs in Conway County
This is an article from the Morning Republic newspaper, published in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1868, regarding the recent racial tensions and its escalation in Conway County, which required intervention by the governor and armed forces.
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Riot in Conway County, August 28, 1868
This is an article from the Arkansas Gazette newspaper, published in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1868, regarding the recent racial tensions and its escalation in Conway County, which required intervention by the governor and armed forces.
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Synopsis of the duties of the registrar for elections
Powell Clayton
This document gives a synopsis of the duties of the registrar for elections in Arkansas, and was issued by Governor Powell Clayton, circa 1868.
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Henry Morscheimer contract
Henry Morscheimer
This is a contract between Henry Morscheimer and the Freedmen's Bureau, in which Morscheimer agrees to pay the freed blacks on his plantation in Ashley County, Arkansas, in exchange for their labor. It includes a list of the freedmen employed and their wages.