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slavery shall, by God's good help, no longer pollute our State. Loyal men, whether white or black, shall alone control her destinies: and when this strife in which we are all engaged is past, I trust, I know, we shall have a better state of things, and shall all rejoice that honest labor reaps the fruit of its own industry, and that every man has a fair chance in the race of life.
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1218:"The iron firmness, the undismayed soul of a single man (Andrew Johnson) is all that stands between us and the fatal vortex of anarchy and resultant despotism which has engulphed the lives and fortunes of many millions before us.βLet us rally to the side of that man, determined to save or perish with the Republic."
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I will indeed be your Moses, and lead you through the Red Sea of war and bondage, to a fairer future of liberty and peace. I speak, too, as a citizen of
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and one of President Johnson's fiercest Congressional opponents). Andrew Johnson lectured newly emancipated blacks on the necessity of avoiding "licentiousness" and the importance of learning the "laws of marriage," but, hypocritically, he himself may not have followed those laws. In addition to
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for a little Moses, she slung out a young crocodile instead. He is a crocodile by nature, although he calls himself Moses. He craunches and gulps down whatever stands in his way, without any signs of mercy, yet is always prepared to shed tears to order." The image that Johnson provided of
1367:'Would you consent that Massachusetts, on this account, should be excluded from Congress?' Johnson triumphantly queried. In the excitement of the argument, the President unconsciously used Sumner's hat, which the Senator had placed on the floor beside his chair, as a spittoon!
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3394:(March 30, 1929). "Andrew JohnsonβThe Rail-Splitter's Running Mate".
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2706:"The Greenville, Tenn. Scandal: A Libel on Ex-President Johnson"
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1826:. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 51β57.
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3115:"Andrew Johnson and the Legacy of the Civil War"
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2809:"The Emancipation Proclamation in Tennessee"
1696:Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
1030:was ratified in December 1865. According to
868:anti-miscegenation laws in the United States
225:Vice presidential and Presidential campaigns
4082:Andrew Johnson administration controversies
4072:Presidents of the United States and slavery
3818:President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
3164:The Baltimore County Union, The Towson News
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1166:Johnson betrayed those who trusted in this
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3081:. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 208.
2987:Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
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3624:Drunk vice-presidential inaugural address
2504:. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 59.
2458:
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2082:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 196.
1901:"Washington: By Telegraph to the Tribune"
436:, Johnson is remembered today for making
2608:"The Lost Story of Julia Chinn > KET"
2538:Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion
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3001:""The Moses of the Colored Men" Speech"
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4102:Anti-black racism in the United States
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2955:"When Andrew Johnson Freed His Slaves"
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2109:. New York: Henry Holt & Company.
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635: (equivalent to $ 16,350 in 2023)
594: (equivalent to $ 17,333 in 2023)
514:found the ex-president at his home in
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866:males and would eventually result in
857:Paternity of Dolly Johnson's children
385:Bill of sale, for a slave girl named
3787:1866 & 1867 U.S. House elections
3453:U.S. presidents and American slavery
3208:
2977:
2756:"Andrew JohnsonβStill in the Gutter"
2606:Potter, Leslie (February 20, 2020).
2360:. Originally published as a thesis:
2106:Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot
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1799:"Transubstantiation of a Poor White"
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1758:Sinha, Manisha (November 29, 2019).
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1572:described teenage Johnson in a 1929
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1355:Massachusetts?' the President asked.
377:as Andrew Johnson's "favorite slave"
3562:Vice President of the United States
3290:"Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson"
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1760:"Donald Trump, Meet Your Precursor"
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3275:. A.H. Clark Company. p. 471.
3238:Rothera, Evan (January 27, 2020).
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2382:Miller, Zachary A. (August 2022).
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2150:Boren, Rance A. (September 2022).
2078:Holland, Jesse J. (January 2016).
1593:Voting rights in the United States
1468:Second Military Reconstruction Act
1250:Thomas Nast depicted the supposed
465:proponents in the postwar South."
233:National Union national convention
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3759:Efforts to impeach Andrew Johnson
3244:The Gettysburg Historical Journal
2681:"Lucy Cobb & Lafayette Baker"
1919:
1915:– via NewspaperArchive.com.
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1482:Third Military Reconstruction Act
1449:First Military Reconstruction Act
1435:District of Columbia Suffrage Act
1093:a bill extending funding for the
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3808:Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
3269:Fleming, Walter Lynwood (1906).
1965:Before the Rhetorical Presidency
1633:Andrew Johnson alcoholism debate
1628:Nadir of American race relations
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1504:Previous condition of servitude
1305:Andrew Johnson and civil rights
1014:"Celebration at Greeneville" (
950:, sexual-predator U.S. Senator
487:Black Reconstruction in America
3976:Bibliography of Andrew Johnson
3777:1866 National Union Convention
3719:Southern Homestead Act of 1866
3647:Inauguration of Andrew Johnson
3619:1864 National Union Convention
3551:President of the United States
3358:Tennessee Historical Quarterly
3319:Tennessee Historical Quarterly
3315:"Andrew Johnson Argues a Case"
3166:. September 1, 1866. p. 2
3031:. February 26, 1866. p. 2
2857:. August 10, 2003. p. B2.
2687:. November 30, 1867. p. 4
1908:. October 29, 1866. p. 10
1815:
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1725:Tennessee Historical Quarterly
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1638:African Americans in Tennessee
1598:Bibliography of Andrew Johnson
1547:"Andrew Johnson's Indenture" (
1256:1866 National Union Convention
1224:1866 National Union Convention
973:House Ways and Means committee
533:drunk, not so much with liquor
248:Democratic National Convention
1:
3739:Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
3464:George Washington and slavery
2983:"Untitled caricature collage"
2835:Brown, Fred (June 24, 2023).
2636:hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu
1677:
1238:and slimy waters of Southern
980:; in 1872, he was accused of
3469:Thomas Jefferson and slavery
3352:Bailey, Fred Arthur (1999).
3191:. August 30, 1866. p. 2
2762:. October 9, 1856. p. 2
2737:. August 17, 1891. p. 1
2498:Egerton, Douglas R. (2014).
2332:Andrew Johnson and the Negro
2168:10.1016/j.cortex.2022.06.003
1824:Andrew Johnson and the Negro
1822:Bowen, David Warren (1989).
1603:Presidency of Andrew Johnson
982:seducing his neighbor's wife
921:fixated on the 'problem' of
650:Emancipation Day traditions
609:Emancipation Day traditions
494:Personal ownership of slaves
114:Drunk V.P. inaugural address
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4002:Treason must be made odious
3667:Pardons for ex-Confederates
3121:. Oxford University Press.
2935:. August 6, 1937. p. 3
2850:– via Newspapers.com.
2843:. p. B1. Page image 22
2841:The Knoxville News-Sentinel
2794:– via Newspapers.com.
2787:. August 9, 1871. p. 4
2404:Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
2103:Winston, Robert W. (1928).
2010:. March 28, 1869. p. 1
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1280:Declaration of Independence
474:Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder
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3925:Andrew Johnson and slavery
3840:Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum
3792:1868 Democratic Convention
3754:Second impeachment inquiry
3494:Andrew Johnson and slavery
3489:Zachary Taylor and slavery
3479:Andrew Jackson and slavery
3077:Levine, Robert S. (2021).
2879:. University of Virginia.
2662:. July 27, 1867. p. 1
1873:"Slaves of Andrew Johnson"
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2785:Knoxville Daily Chronicle
2712:. May 29, 1872. p. 7
1623:Reconstruction Amendments
1159:Brownlow's Knoxville Whig
1046:between emancipation and
1040:Emancipation Proclamation
1024:Emancipation Proclamation
1016:Knoxville Daily Chronicle
1004:Emancipation Proclamation
391:Gilder Lehrman Collection
3996:Buell Commission records
3872:Martha Johnson Patterson
3714:Civil Rights Act of 1866
3672:State of the Union, 1865
3189:White Cloud Kansas Chief
2578:10.1057/9780230113893_13
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946:, Supreme Court Justice
294:Martha Johnson Patterson
44:This article is part of
21:Not to be confused with
3782:Swing Around the Circle
2855:"Journal (Part 2 of 2)"
2058:Chattanooga Daily Times
2033:The Journal and Tribune
1719:Cimprich, John (1980).
1643:Woodrow Wilson and race
1613:Freedmen's Bureau bills
1495:Freedmen's Bureau Bill
1422:Freedmen's Bureau Bill
1117:Lincoln Unionist ticket
752:No spouse, no children
658:Elizabeth Johnson Forby
217:Articles of impeachment
177:Swing Around the Circle
172:Civil Rights Act (1866)
155:Conclusion of Civil War
3866:Eliza McCardle Johnson
3583:(1853β1857, 1862β1865)
3570:Senator from Tennessee
3484:John Tyler and slavery
3313:Phifer, Gregg (1952).
3029:Cleveland Daily Leader
2760:The Knoxville Register
2656:"The Impeachment Case"
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1032:University of Virginia
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694:Florence Johnson Smith
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400:, who became the 17th
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16:Aspect of U.S. history
3709:Judicial Circuits Act
3657:Judicial appointments
3581:Governor of Tennessee
3397:Saturday Evening Post
2933:The Knoxville Journal
2710:New York Daily Herald
2685:Semi-Weekly Wisconsin
2054:"Johnson's Housemaid"
1933:Fling, Sarah (2020).
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3392:Moore, John Trotwood
2243:Gordon-Reed, Annette
1566:"runaway servant" ad
1343:David Herbert Donald
1332:District of Columbia
1324:Fourteenth Amendment
150:Judicial appointment
3890:Mary Johnson Stover
3729:Command of Army Act
3704:Reconstruction Acts
3209:Reynolds, David S.
3160:"President Johnson"
3111:Varon, Elizabeth R.
2871:(October 4, 2016).
2152:"A case of neglect"
1570:John Trotwood Moore
1453:Reconstruction Acts
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1234:, fished among the
960:slaveholding states
952:James Henry Hammond
915:Annette Gordon-Reed
508:black male suffrage
304:Mary Johnson Stover
165:Reconstruction Acts
145:Cabinet appointment
4092:Reconstruction Era
4024:Ulysses S. Grant β
3955:William A. Johnson
3935:Elizabeth J. Forby
3878:David T. Patterson
3694:Colorado Territory
3662:Reconstruction era
3025:"The Modern Moses"
2981:(April 14, 1866).
2959:The New York Times
1764:The New York Times
1618:Freedmen massacres
1608:Reconstruction era
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502:When meeting with
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449:and opposition to
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4037:Schuyler Colfax β
4032:β Hannibal Hamlin
4017:β Abraham Lincoln
3981:Alcoholism debate
3960:Florence J. Smith
3848:Tennessee Johnson
3604:Southern Unionist
3572:(1857β1862, 1875)
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3294:AMERICAN HERITAGE
3211:"He Was No Moses"
3136:978-0-19-932917-5
3113:(March 3, 2016).
3054:American Heritage
2587:978-0-230-10017-6
2547:978-1-57607-030-7
2511:978-1-60819-566-4
2341:978-0-87049-584-7
2300:978-1-4930-0846-9
2287:Holland, Jesse J.
2256:978-0-8050-6948-8
2206:Wineapple, Brenda
2089:978-1-4930-2419-3
2008:Republican Banner
1976:978-1-60344-626-6
1833:978-0-87049-584-7
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1389:February 19, 1866
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