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Harper's Weekly publishes a biography of Abraham Lincoln along with his declaration of war on the South following the news of Georgia's plans of secession,
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, this proclaimation declared all slaves under the ownership of a citizen of the Southern rebellious states free.
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This battle, known as the two bloodiest days in U.S history, is fought and can be interpretted in Kara Walker's work as the battle shown in A Warm Evening in 1863.
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Black Codes were enacted in Southern states in order to preserve the status quo in place in the time before slavery.
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Emma Marie Caldawalar creates Free, a sculpture that depicts a freed slave bound by social restrictions set forth by the whites.
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President Hayes removes Union troops that protected freed slaves' rights from the South.
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George Inness creates An Old Roadway that depicts a freed slave migrating South, Post Civil War.
