Lincoln's predecessor, Buchanan, was bad, Johnson was far worse. What he did caused the South and the slave owners to keep slavery and racism in its place, even to this day one could argue.
Andrew Johnson was the former governor of Tennessee, and when Tennessee legislators begged him to not put them through the same reconstruction , of course East Tennessee was with the Union and never left, he gave them two conditions.
Put down your arms and put down the Tennessee Battle Flag, to which actually was also the Confederate battle flag.
The Legislature passed a resolution to do just that.
One of the best Reconstruction movies I have ever seen is: “The State of Jones” -a true story, and also researched and told in several history books.
It’s about a county in Mississippi that did not secede.
Lincoln's predecessor, Buchanan, was bad, Johnson was far worse. What he did caused the South and the slave owners to keep slavery and racism in its place, even to this day one could argue.
Wow! I had no idea, Andrew Johnson was such a scum-bag! I knew there were problems, but...
Andrew Johnson was the former governor of Tennessee, and when Tennessee legislators begged him to not put them through the same reconstruction , of course East Tennessee was with the Union and never left, he gave them two conditions.
Put down your arms and put down the Tennessee Battle Flag, to which actually was also the Confederate battle flag.
The Legislature passed a resolution to do just that.
One of the best Reconstruction movies I have ever seen is: “The State of Jones” -a true story, and also researched and told in several history books.
It’s about a county in Mississippi that did not secede.