[Rare NC Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the U.S. Constitution]
by OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA
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About This Item
[Civil War]. [Reconstruction]. [North Carolina].
"The triumphant North demanded three things of the defeated South: acknowledgment of the emancipation of its slaves; contract freedom for all citizens, black and white; and national reunification. Emancipation, freedom, and reunification were still just words. Their meanings remained unfixed. The image of the new country would emerge only as the lines connecting these ideological dots were drawn. As former North Carolina governor David L. Swain recognized, 'With reference to emancipation, we are at the beginning of the War.'" [Richard White. "The Republic For Which It Stands."]
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA. [Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the United States Constitution]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of the Provost Marshal, 1865.
Unbound. Single leaf. Unused form slip, printed in black on white stock. Measuring approximately 8.3 by 6.3 inches. Light age toning. Remnant stationary at verso top edge, likely from old scrapbook mount. Old horizontal crease. Very Good overall.
Scarce confederate oath of amnesty slip, this example issued in 1865 by the Office of the Provost Marshal of North Carolina. With President Johnson's May 29, 1865 amnesty proclamation oath, reproducing the suggested pledge from Lincoln's 'Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.'
Per Lincoln's proclamation, each Confederate state seeking readmission to the Union required ten percent of enrolled voters to swear oath to the U.S. Constitution and the recent 13th amendment.
Signed completion of this document restored full rights of franchise and citizenship to proscribed rebels and Confederate loyalists, and was prerequisite for participation in the State Constitutional Convention of 1868 that reorganized North Carolina.
Well-preserved.
"The triumphant North demanded three things of the defeated South: acknowledgment of the emancipation of its slaves; contract freedom for all citizens, black and white; and national reunification. Emancipation, freedom, and reunification were still just words. Their meanings remained unfixed. The image of the new country would emerge only as the lines connecting these ideological dots were drawn. As former North Carolina governor David L. Swain recognized, 'With reference to emancipation, we are at the beginning of the War.'" [Richard White. "The Republic For Which It Stands."]
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA. [Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the United States Constitution]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of the Provost Marshal, 1865.
Unbound. Single leaf. Unused form slip, printed in black on white stock. Measuring approximately 8.3 by 6.3 inches. Light age toning. Remnant stationary at verso top edge, likely from old scrapbook mount. Old horizontal crease. Very Good overall.
Scarce confederate oath of amnesty slip, this example issued in 1865 by the Office of the Provost Marshal of North Carolina. With President Johnson's May 29, 1865 amnesty proclamation oath, reproducing the suggested pledge from Lincoln's 'Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.'
Per Lincoln's proclamation, each Confederate state seeking readmission to the Union required ten percent of enrolled voters to swear oath to the U.S. Constitution and the recent 13th amendment.
Signed completion of this document restored full rights of franchise and citizenship to proscribed rebels and Confederate loyalists, and was prerequisite for participation in the State Constitutional Convention of 1868 that reorganized North Carolina.
Well-preserved.
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- A. Adebayo, Bookseller (US)
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- 19000931
- Title
- [Rare NC Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the U.S. Constitution]
- Author
- OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War; Reconstruction; North Carolina; African Americana
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About A. Adebayo, Bookseller
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