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Also, even though his unique model of a new society for freed slaves worked in practice, the circumstances of the time were still very much not in favor of complete freedom for blacks. When Andrew Johnson became president, he revoked a piece of legislature that allowed the freedman to claim that land, and ordered the union army to drive out Campbell and all of his followers from the island. In 1871, the democrats regained power within the state and made it a priority to overturn reconstruction. Campbell’s seat was taken in the senate and he was harassed with a number of lawsuits that made him unable to take effective action against those who threw him out. eventually he was convicted and sentenced to one year in a hard labor camp.
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During the time of reconstruction, great changes happened in the relationships between the former slaves and slaveholders, and Tunis Campbell was at the forefront of this change. In 1865, he was appointed to the Freedman’s Bureau to oversee the resettlement of five islands off the coast of Georgia that had been abandoned by the residents when the Union army swept throughout the area. Campbell quickly purchased over 1200 acres on one of these islands with the intent to establish a black landowner community.
Also, even though his unique model of a new society for freed slaves worked in practice, the circumstances of the time were still very much not in favor of complete freedom for blacks. When Andrew Johnson became president, he revoked a piece of legislature that allowed the freedman to claim that land, and ordered the union army to drive out Campbell and all of his followers from the island. In 1871, the democrats regained power within the state and made it a priority to overturn reconstruction. Campbell’s seat was taken in the senate and he was harassed with a number of lawsuits that made him unable to take effective action against those who threw him out. eventually he was convicted and sentenced to one year in a hard labor camp.
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Tunis Campbell

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Tunis Campbell(1812-1891): Thethe highest-ranking and Campbell’s parents wereare free blacks and he wasis the eighth of the ten children went to an Episcopal Schoolschool in New founded an anti-colonization society.anticolonization society.


Campbell actively participated in the Colored Convention Movement before the Civil War(1861-1865). In 1867, with a goal to help freedmen vote, Campbell was appointed to the Board of Registration in Georgia. He was elected to congress as a senator in Georgia in 1868 only to be expelled from office because white congressmen agreed that blacks didn't have the right to hold office. He was able to return to office in 1871, but lost in 1872 and eventually imprisoned in a Georgia labor camp before fleeing the state. He published Sufferings of the Reverend T. G. Campbell and His Family in Georgia in 1877 and finally died in Boston on December 4, 1891.
What I Learned
During the time of reconstruction, great changes happened in the relationships between the former slaves and slaveholders, and Tunis Campbell was at the forefront of this change. In 1865, he was appointed to the Freedman’s Bureau to oversee the resettlement of five islands off the coast of Georgia that had been abandoned by the residents when the Union army swept throughout the area. Campbell quickly purchased over 1200 acres on one of these islands with the intent to establish a black landowner community.
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Tunis Campbell(1812-1891): The highest-ranking and most influential African American politician in Georgia in the nineteenth century. Campbell’s parents were free blacks and he was the eighth of ten children in the family. He went to an Episcopal School in New York and trained for missionary service with the American Colonization Society’s program of transporting African American to Liberia. After graduation, Campbell joined the Methodist Church and threw himself into evangelical uplift. In 1832, he founded an anti-colonization society.
Campbell actively participated in the Colored Convention Movement before the Civil War(1861-1865). In 1867, with a goal to help freedmen vote, Campbell was appointed to the Board of Registration in Georgia. He was elected to congress as a senator in Georgia in 1868 only to be expelled from office because white congressmen agreed that blacks didn't have the right to hold office. He was able to return to office in 1871, but lost in 1872 and eventually imprisoned in a Georgia labor camp before fleeing the state. He published Sufferings of the Reverend T. G. Campbell and His Family in Georgia in 1877 and finally died in Boston on December 4, 1891.
During the time of reconstruction, great changes happened in the relationships between the former slaves and slaveholders, and Tunis Campbell was at the forefront of this change. In 1865, he was appointed to the Freedman’s Bureau to oversee the resettlement of five islands off the coast of Georgia that had been abandoned by the residents when the Union army swept throughout the area. Campbell quickly purchased over 1200 acres on one of these islands with the intent to establish a black landowner community.
Also, even though his unique model of a new society for freed slaves worked in practice, the circumstances of the time were still very much not in favor of complete freedom for blacks. When Andrew Johnson became president, he revoked a piece of legislature that allowed the freedman to claim that land, and ordered the union army to drive out Campbell and all of his followers from the island. In 1871, the democrats regained power within the state and made it a priority to overturn reconstruction. Campbell’s seat was taken in the senate and he was harassed with a number of lawsuits that made him unable to take effective action against those who threw him out. eventually he was convicted and sentenced to one year in a hard labor camp.

Marshall Twitchell
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Marshall Twitchell was a well-educated white male born in Vermont. He joined the Union as a soldier during the Civil War. Twitchell moved to Louisiana after the war where he became a wealthy planter. Here he met and married Adele Coleman who came from a wealthy cotton farming family. The people of Louisiana trusted Twitchell, so this carpetbagger[1] was elected provost marshal of the Freedman’s Bureau. He is not a traditional carpetbagger, which makes him famous in reconstruction. When he was sent to congress he ran for parish judge. His loss for this position ended with his opponent being disqualified. Ironically his opponent was disqualified under the constitution that Twitchell helped write years before. Twitchell’s legacy in reconstruction was his help in promoting education, civil rights, and public representation for former slaves.
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What did you learn about Reconstruction as a result of researching this person?
During the Reconstruction Era, a Republican coalition took control over the southern states and set out to radically transform the society, with the help and support of the Army and the Freedman’s Bureau, which is a Reconstruction agency that aimed at assisting the freedmen in the transition from slavery to freedom. The Bureau set up schools for the former slaves and provided food and clothes to war refugees, black and white. In the fall of 1865, the 25-year-old Marshall Twitchell was named provost marshal, the officer in the armed forces who is in charge of the military police, and agent of Freedmen’s Bureau. Twitchell was posted to Bienville Parish, in northern Louisiana. This region is the last part of the Confederacy to surrender, and it is dangerous, exotic, violent, and isolated. However, Twitchell knew nothing about that, but he had military authority to settle labor disputes and conflicts between former slaves and masters.
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Francis Butler
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Francis Butler, one of the people who lost their properties under the influence of Reconstruction, struggled to rebuild her family plantations. Francis Butler grew up in a family that held two extreme perspectives on slavery. Her father, Pierce Butler, the owner of the plantation, and he had been one of the richest of the rice aristocracy. On the contrary, her mother, Fanny Kemble, celebrated English actress, strongly opposed slavery, publicly announcing that she could not live with a slaveholder. When her parents got divorced, Francis Butler had to make a choice, and she decided to side with the South and with her father.
Soon, the Butlers were informed that their land was confiscated by the Union troops, so they headed back to the South to claim their property. They were able to regain their plantation, but the freedmen aggressively refused the Butler’s ownership. The Butlers had no choice but to negotiate with them, and the freedmen and the Butlers compromised to share the crop. However, the Butlers wanted something more than sharecropping, such as slavery that they had back in the days. Francis Butler told the people: “You have the freedom to leave, but I have freedom too. And what’s more, I own this land. And if you’re going to stay here, you have to do what I say.” However, she was not confident enough to have what she desired for.
What did you learn about Reconstruction as a result of researching this person?
I have always thought about only positive elements when I hear the word “Reconstruction”. It was meant to improve the present situation through reconstructing the harmful things. I firmly believed that everyone benefitted from the new proposal; slavery was abolished, and people gained equality and freedom. However, this was not true for everyone during the Reconstruction of Lincoln’s time. Through the research of Frances Butler, I have learned how people could not be well-treated and suffer losses during the Reconstruction. Frances Butler and Pierce Butler, originally the owners of St. Simon’s island in Georgia, lost their ownership because the victorious Union troops had confiscated their land. Anxious to reclaim their land, the Butlers headed back to the South shortly, and were able to regain their property. However, they encountered another hardship: the freedmen were strongly resisting the Butler’s ownership. The Butlers, who were already once not treated properly, were now losing their rights. Finally, the Butlers and the freedmen compromised, but the Butlers were still not satisfied. They could not act their rights and have "ownership" on their own land.
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Soon, the Butlers were informed that their land was confiscated by the Union troops, so they headed back to the South to claim their property. They were able to regain their plantation, but the freedmen aggressively refused the Butler’s ownership. The Butlers had no choice but to negotiate with them, and the freedmen and the Butlers compromised to share the crop. However, the Butlers wanted something more than sharecropping, such as slavery that they had back in the days. Francis Butler told the people: “You have the freedom to leave, but I have freedom too. And what’s more, I own this land. And if you’re going to stay here, you have to do what I say.” However, she was not confident enough to have what she desired for.
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