<A HREF="http://www.cyndislist.com/african.htm">Click here: Cyndi's List - African-American</A> Links to archives, families, libraries, mailing lists, museums, records, researchers, societies and general resource sites. http://www.cyndislist.com/african.htm <A HREF="http://www.hatewatch.co.uk/klan/1st_era.html">Click here: HateWatch:Klan First Era</A> By Robert Arjet, of Emory University. http://www.hatewatch.co.uk/klan/1st_era.html <A HREF="http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Frederick_Douglass/Reconstruction/Reconstruction_p1.html">Click here: Reconstruction, by Frederick Douglass; Reconstruction Page 1</A> An article that first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1886. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Frederick_Douglass/Recon... <A HREF="http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/archival_mss.shtml">Click here: Rutgers University Libraries: Research & Reference Gateway: Research Guides: History - American and British</A> Reconstruction (1830's - 1890's) was a heated national debate, resulted in the passing of Amendments 13, 14 and 15, was the motivating factor for the near impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and kept the country divided long after the end of the Civil War. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/civw... <A HREF="http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/6B/06BF5000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1">Click here: Carpetbaggers, an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "Carpetbaggers"</A> (Encarta® Concise Encyclopedia Article) http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/6B/06BF5000.h... <A HREF="http://www.ego.net/us/sc/myr/history/decline.htm">Click here: Collapse of the Rice Culture</A> Site presents a history of this period. http://www.ego.net/us/sc/myr/history/decline.htm <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/stat.html">Click here: Selected Statistics</A> Selected Statistics Selected Statistics on Slavery in the United States unless otherwise noted, all data is as of the 1860 census Total number of slaves in the Lower South 2,312,352 47 of total population . http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/stat.html <A HREF="http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/manifests.html">Click here: Inward Slave Manifests 1818-1860, Port of New Orleans</A> Inward Slave Manifests 1818 1860, Port of New Orleans A Partial Transcription of Inward Slave Manifests Port of New Orleans, Record Group 36, United States Customs Service, Collector of Customs at New Orleans Microfilm Rolls 1 3, 12 of 25 Rolls 1818 to 1860... http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/manifests.html Bright Star