ERA 5: 1850-ERA 5: 1850-18771877

The Civil War The Civil War and and

ReconstructionReconstruction

List of slaves owned by the List of slaves owned by the McGavocks of Williamson McGavocks of Williamson

CountyCounty

Receipt for runaway Receipt for runaway slave, 1854slave, 1854

Young Tennessee Young Tennessee Confederates Posed for WarConfederates Posed for War

Map of Civil War military Map of Civil War military prisonprison

Civil War era letterCivil War era letter

The Battle of NashvilleThe Battle of Nashville

The Carpet Bagger (a comic The Carpet Bagger (a comic song)song)

The Carpet Bagger The Carpet Bagger (music lyrics)(music lyrics)

Former slaves at Former slaves at WessyngtonWessyngton

From Slavery to From Slavery to Sharecropping:Sharecropping:

Tobacco Labor ContractTobacco Labor Contract

The Freedmen’s Bureau, Memphis

The Ku Klux Klan In Tennessee: Originally founded in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the KKK evolved into a vigilante organization that terrorized African Americans in the South

Commerce at the Nashville Wharf, circa 1872-1874