Life of George Boston, a Freed Slave.

By Artemis_lol

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    Freed from slavery from a plantation in Tennessee, age 20

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    Became a sharecropper while trying to learn how to read and write with the help of the Freedmen's Bureau
    The Freedmen's Bureau was a group that advocated for the rights of African Americans, providing support for anything they needed.

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    The Reconstruction Acts passed laws that divided the South into 5 military districts and required states to draft a new constitution ensuring voting rights for African American men.

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    The 14th Amendment is passed: no state shall make or enforce any laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

    https://constitution.congress.gov/

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    George Boston out of Tennessee and into Chicago due to the KKK.
    The KKK is a terrorist organization that is responsible for thousands of deaths. Racial riots led by the KKK targeted blacks and Republicans. In the time leading up to the 1868 presidential election, the Klan's activities picked up in speed and brutality.
    “Grant, Reconstruction and the KKK.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-kkk/. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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    George Boston found a job working at a factory.

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    The 15th Amendment was passed to prohibit denying voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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    George Boston married Mandy Anderson at a courthouse on October 15th

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    George Boston and his wife, Mandy, had their first child, Thomas Boston, on July 29th.

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    The compromise of 1877 passed - an unwritten political deal in the U.S. to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election, ending the filibuster of the certified results and the threat of political violence in exchange for an end to Federal Reconstruction.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1877#:~:text=The%20Compromise%20of%201877%2C%20also,and%20the%20threat%20of%20political