K.
Kansas and negro suffrage, [156], [285].
Kelley, "Pig Iron," of Pennsylvania, [150].
Kellogg, W. P., Governor of Louisiana, [224]-[225], [294].
Kentucky, Confederates in, [25]-[26]; and abolition of slavery, [36]; exception in reconstruction problem, [86].
Knights of the Golden Circle, [176].
Knights of the White Camelia, [237], [246], [251]-[252], [259].
Knox, T. W., correspondent for New York Herald, [28].
Ku Klux Klan, [191], [237], [243] et seq., [290]; development, [49], [243]-[246]; and Freedmen's Bureau, [107]; and Union League, [194 (note)]; activities, [207], [219], [240], [252] et seq., [263]-[264]; organization, [246]-[249]; objects, [249]-[250], [252], [263]; report of Federal commanders, [250]-[251]; political effects, [260]-[261]; "Ku Klux Act," [261]-[262]; and negro suffrage, [291].
L.
Labor, free negro, [45]-[47], [266]-[267], [272]-[273]; Freedmen's Bureau, [46], [109]-[110], [266]; testimony of Joint Committee concerning, [82]; importation of labor, [268].
Lakin, Rev. A. S., agent of Northern Methodist Church in Alabama, [205]-[206], [207]-[208].
Land, price after Civil War, [4]; fertilizers for, [271], [272].
Lanier, Sidney, letter to Taylor, quoted, [279]-[280].
Latham, Henry, [29].
Lee, General R. E., president of Washington College, [17]-[18]; and his uniform, [20]; letter to Letcher, [31], [32]; kneels beside negro in church, [44]; witness before Joint Committee, [125]; and military reconstruction, [147]; disfranchised, [289].
Legislation, Negro, see ["Black Laws."]
Leslie, South Carolina carpetbagger, [225].
Letcher, John, Governor of Virginia, Lee writes to, [31], [32].
Lewis, D. P., of Alabama, and Union League, [189].
Lincoln, Abraham, and negro suffrage, [50], [66]-[67]; reconstruction policy, [55]-[57], [58], [62]; and Wade-Davis Bill, [56], [66], [120]; last speech quoted, [56]-[57]; reconstruction plan put to trial, [63]-[68]; Proclamation of December, 1863, [64], [119]; and Congress, [65]-[66], [67]-[68]; nominated by National Union party (1864), [70]; second Cabinet, [70]; and radicalism, [119]; vote for (1864), [285].
Lincoln Brotherhood, [275].
Lindsay, R. B., Governor of Alabama, on Northern missionaries, [205].
Longstreet, General James, [147].
Louisiana, recognizes "Union" state government, [18]; Whitelaw Reid in, [28]; Lincoln's reconstruction plan adopted (1862), [65]; Johnson recognizes government of, [74]; treatment of negroes by army in, [99]; Freedmen's Bureau courts in, [113]; representatives refused admission to Congress, [119]-[120]; military government in, [144]; negro voters, [151], [152], [222], [239]; equal rights legislation, [154], [275], [276]; schools, [215], [217]; carpetbag rule, [221]; conservatives, [223]; corruption, [225], [233]-[234], [235]; legislature, [226], [227], [240]; taxes, [231]; public debt, [232]; decrease in property values, [233]; negro militia, [236]-[237], two governments in, [239]; government over-turned, [240]-[241], omitted from Federal investigation, [262]; labor, [268]; and radicalism, [290], [294], [295]; elections, [293]-[294], [297], [298], [299].
Louisiana State Seminary, [3].
Louisiana State University, [217].
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, [7].
Loyal League, see [Union League].
Lynch, negro officeholder, [242 (note)].
M.
McCardle, ex parte, [159]-[160].
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of Treasury, and seizure of cotton in South, [9]-[10]; and Johnson, [74], [163].
McDowell, General Irvin, commands military district, [141 (note)].
McPherson, Edward, clerk of the House, [121].
Marvin, William, Governor of Florida, on status of negroes, [91], [92], [93].
Maryland, disfranchisement in, [25]-[26]; state emancipation in, [36]; and negro suffrage, [285].
Meade, General G. G., commands military district, [140-141 (note)].
Memminger, C. G., Governor of South Carolina, on status of freedmen, [90]-[91], [92]-[93].
Memphis (Tenn.), [185]; race riots in, [83], [131], [175]; convention of Confederate soldiers and sailors at, [130]; surrenders charter, [233].
Men of Justice, [245].
Methodist Church, [198], [199]-[201], [202], [203]-[204], [208].
Metropolitan Guard, [237].
Michigan rejects negro suffrage, [156], [285].
Milligan, ex parte, [159].
Minnesota rejects negro suffrage, [156], [285].
Mississippi, poverty in, [14]; rejects Thirteenth Amendment, [79]; negro legislation in, [94], [95]-[96]; treatment of negroes by army in, [99]; courts, [111]; military government, [143], [144], [157]; negro voters, [151], [222]; constitution, [153]-[154], [155]; suit against President, [159]; reconstruction fails in, [170]; and radicalism, [171]; schools, [215], [217], [218]; conservatives, [223]; negroes in legislature, [226]; taxes, [231]; negro militia, [236]; and enforcement acts, [261]; permits mixed marriages, [276]; unrepresented in Congress, [289 (note)]; Grant and interference in, [291]; elections (1875), [293].
Mississippi River, negro colonies along, [37].
Mississippi Shot Gun Plan, [263], [294].
Mississippi, University of, [216].
Missouri, and Confederates, [26]; state emancipation in, [36]; rejects negro suffrage, [285].
Mobile (Ala.), post-war condition, [5]; surrenders charter, [233].
Montgomery (Ala.), separate organization of Baptist Church in, [203]; negro education, [212]; Ku Klux proclamation, [257]-[258].
Montgomery Conference on Race Problems (1900), Proceedings quoted, [214]-[215].
Moore, Governor, and negro education, [212].
Morgan, E. D., Senator, and Freedmen's Bureau Act, [129].
Morton, O. P., of Indiana, [125]; on negro suffrage, [300]-[301].
Moses, F. J., Jr., Governor of South Carolina, [224].
Moses, Judge, in South Carolina, [225].
N.
Nash, negro officeholder, [242 (note)].
Nation, New York, [180 (note)]; editorial on post-war church situation quoted, [201 (note)]; on corruption of government, [226].
National Teachers Association meeting (1865), [208].
National Union party, Republican party becomes, [70]; Whigs and Douglas Democrats join, [70]-[71]; convention at Philadelphia, [130]; nominates Grant, [168].
Negro Affairs, Department of, [177].
Negroes, as soldiers in South, [21]-[22]; problems of reconstruction, [34] et seq.; health conditions among, [41]-[42]; morals and manners, [42]-[43]; poverty, [44]-[45]; education, [44]-[45], [209], [211]-[220]; relations with whites, [47]-[48], [277]-[278]; lawlessness, [48]-[49]; suffrage, [49]-[52], [58], [66]-[67], [78], [84], [85], [134], [169], [284]-[285], [300]-[301], [304]; Lincoln urges deportation of freedmen, [66]; legislation concerning, [77]-[78], [89]-[90], [93]-[98], [115]-[116], [127], [141]; status at close of war, [89] et seq.; Freedmen's Bureau supervises, [109]; Union League and, [181] et seq.; religion, [201]-[206]; rule in South, [221] et seq.; in Congress, [230], [242]; and state offices, [242]; and Ku Klux, [258]; anti-negro movements, [263]; labor, [266], [272]; "privileges," [269]; advantages, [270]-[271]; as farmers, [271]-[274]; change in condition during reconstruction, [274]-[275]; mixed marriages, [276].
Nelson, counsel at impeachment, [166].
New England, and negro suffrage, [156], [285]; Freedmen's Aid Society, [209].
New Orleans, negro soldiers in, [21]-[22]; riots in, [83], [131], [175], [237 (note)]; Northern teachers in, [210]; public debt, [232]; Federal officials at, [241].
New York, charity for relief of South, [14]; and negro suffrage, [156], [284].
New York City, Union League organized, [177]; headquarters for Union League, [181]; corruption in, [282].
Nordhoff, Charles, [291]; The Cotton States in the Spring and Summer of 1875, cited, [232 (note)].
Norfolk, "contraband" camp, [36].
North, free negroes of, [35]-[36]; planters from, [49]; capital and labor from, [268]; change in attitude toward South, [282]; politics, [291].
North Carolina, negro colonies in, [36], [99]; Johnson proclaims restoration of, [75]; committee on laws for freedmen, [91], [92]; courts, [111]; negro voters, [152]; Union League, [185], [186], [194]; carpetbag rule, [221]; public debt, [232]; negro militia, [236]; Democratic in 1870, [260]; and enforcement acts, [261]; conservatives gain control of, [290].
North Carolina, University of, [216].
O.
Occupation, Army of, [18]-[22], [81]; see also [Army].
Ohio rejects negro suffrage, [156], [285].
Ord, General E. O. C., commands military division, [140 (note)].
Oregon, election of 1876, [297], [298].
Orr, J. L., and negro education, [212].
Orth, S. P., The Boss and the Machine, cited, [282 (note)].