After the fall of Vicksburg to General Grant, all the citizens of the occupied city were blacklisted if they did not take the oath (to pledge their allegiance to the United States.) Their ability to conduct business, or any sort of public engagement was severely restricted until such oath was obtained.
*Photographed at the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi
4 comments:
A truly ugly fact from our history.
I foresee more of that sort of thing in our future if the Teapublicans have their way.
Pattie--Was their a photo of the two people mentioned or am I misreading/misinterpreting the entry?
Kay--I like that: Teapublicans.
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Their, there, it will be all right. Sorry about my typo. I need to read before publishing!
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I'm pondering the notion that our country was founded by nutcases...and not only have they persisted throughout our history, they're (3rd way for their/there) still around1
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