Hardin County, Kentucky

he was the 16th president during the civil war and oversaw the abolisition of slavery

the Lincoln memorial was built in his honor

Raleigh, N.C

he was the 17th president of the United States and took over after Lincoln was assassinated

he was a white racist southener

Point Pleasant, Ohio

he was the 18th president of the united States and he served 2 terms both were in the reconstruction

his presidencity was known as ineffective as he was to trusting of his advisors

Delaware, Ohio

he was the one who ended reconstruction

he was the 19th president

Fayetteville, North Carolina

he was the first black American to ever sit in the US senate

His early education was limited, since it was illegal in North Carolina at that time to teach African Americans

Georgetown, South Carolina

he was the first black member of the House of Representatives

he was drafted to work on Confederate fortifications in Charleston harbor and serve passengers on a Confederate ship

Beaufort, South Carolina

Smalls served the Union navy as an army volunteer since the navy only enlisted blacks as ship laborers.

he was born a slave

Talbot County, Maryland

Douglass believed in equality for all people and advocated for African American and women’s rights

He held several prominent positions in government in his later life before dying of a heart attack in February 1895

Danville, Vermont

he Became chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

he was once Elected to Congress on the Whig ticket

New Lebanon, New York

he was appointed chairman of the state Democratic committee

he was a lawyer and businessman

Isle of Wight, Georgia

she was a African American educator and nurse

Taylor, along with her uncle and eight cousins, fled to the Union lines and were immediately declared by Federal military authorities as "contraband" of war

Ulster County, New York

she was an African American equal rights activist and devout Christian who preached against slavery and for women’s suffrage

She spent the remainder of her life fighting for equal rights for African Americans and women

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2. Birth Year to Death Year

3. State and Hometown

4. 1 thing they are most famous for doing during Reconstruction

5. 1 additional interesting fact about them

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