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  • Jehovah's Witnesses and not saluting the U.S. flag...
    Item #725938
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1936

    Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
    Alma & Vivian Hering expelled from school
    * For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom
    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • Karen Ann Quinan case in 1976...
    Item #725831
    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 1, 1976 

    * Karen Ann Quinlan & the "pull the plug" question
    * New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on bioethics 
    * Family allowed to end the life of there daughter 

    The front page has a headline: "OK to let Karen die, court rules" with photo. (see images) 
    Complete with 184 pages, good condition.

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  • 1942 Earl Warren campaign for Califonria governor...
    Item #725732
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Aug. 24, 1942 

    * Earl Warren runs for the California Governorship 
    * Great Republican campaign advertisement 
    * Prelude to the Supreme Court of the United States  

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  • Women & affirmative action in 1987 SCOTUS...
    Item #725658
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 26, 1987 

    * United States Supreme Court decision 
    * John v. Transportation Agency - SCOTUS
    * Affirmative action re. Women in the workplace
    * Employers can hire based on gender over expertise 

    The top of the front page has a headline: "High Court Backs Job Preference for Women" with subhead and related photo.... Read full description  
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  • Jehovah's Witnesses and not saluting the U.S. flag...
    Item #725592
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 5, 1935

    Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
    * 11 year old Alma Hering expelled from school
    * For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom
    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • 1966 civil rights movement... Voting rights...
    Item #725539
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. March 8, 1966 

    * Voting Rights Act of 1965 
    * Civil Rights movement in the South
    * United States Supreme Court 
     * South Carolina v. Katzenbach

    The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "Supreme Court Backs Negro Voting Rights" with subhead. (see images)
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  • 1908 Black Patch Tobacco Wars... Night Riders...
    Item #725317
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 3, 1908

    * Black Patch Tobacco Wars
    * Civil unrest & violence
    * Nights Riders in Kentucky

    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Night Riders Are Abroad in Kentucky Tobacco War" with subheads. (see image)
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  • Jehovah's Witnesses and not saluting the U.S. flag...
    Item #725001
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 30, 1935

    Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
    * 11 year old 
    Alma Hering expelled from school
    * For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom

    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Supreme Court Justice...
    Item #724970
    THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 13, 1967  

    * Thurgood Marshall appointed by the president
    * 1st African American Supreme Court Justice


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Marshall Given Nod for Position On Court Bench
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  • 1971 veterans march on Washington D.C...
    Item #724927
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 29, 1971

    * Vietnam Veterans Against the War
    * "Operation Dewey Canyon III"
    * March on Washington D.C. w/ photos

    * Alice Cooper rock singer and songwriter
    * "Love It to Death" album tour - I'm Eighteen
    * Manhattan concert advertisement


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  • Jehovah's Witnesses and distribution of literature in the 1930's...
    Item #724784
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1932

    Bergenfield, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
    * Distribution of literature on public streets

    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Jehovah's Witnesses movement arrests
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • Robert Alton Harris' 1992 execution...
    Item #724523
    LOS ANGELS TIMES, April 22, 1992

    * Robert Alton Harris execution
    * San Quentin State Prison gas chamber
    * 1st in California in 25 years 
    * Years of debate for "Capital Punishment" 


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "Harris Dies After Judicial Duel; 4 Stays Quashed; 'I'm Sorry,' Murderer Says"... Read full description  
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  • Jehovah's Witnesses & the Manchester N.H. Parade
    Item #724119
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 1, 1941

    * re. Manchester, New Hampshire parade 
    * Cox v. New Hampshire case upheld 
    * United States Supreme Court decision

    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Jehovah's Witnesses movement stalled 
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • 1952 Brown vs. Board of Education 1st argued...
    Item #723929
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 10, 1952

    * Brown vs. Board of Education
    * Segregation in the South 1st argued
    * Chief Council Thurgood Marshall 
     
     The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT ON SEGREGATION" with subhead. (see images) 
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  • Eisnehower's "Crusade of Freedom"... Man convicted of "leering"...
    Item #723835
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 12, 1952

    * Convicted of "Leering" from a distance
    * Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina
    * President Eisenhower's "Crusade of Freedom" speech

    The front page has: "Negro in North Carolina Convicted Of Assault by 'Leer' at White Girl", which continues... Read full description  
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  • California capital punishment abolished in 1972...
    Item #723282
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 19, 1972

    * Capital punishment - death row executions banned
    * California Supreme Court decision (1st report)
    * Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan mention


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CALIFORNIA COURT, IN 6-1 VOTE, BARS DEATH SENTENCES" with subhead. (see images) Mention... Read full description  
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  • Supreme Court Blocks President... Youngstown, Ohio...
    Item #722534
    THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 3, 1952

    * Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer
    * Supreme Court decision checks Presidential Authority

    The front page has a displayable photo and  a 4 column headline: "STEEL SEIZURE HELD INVALID; STRIKE CALLED IMMEDIATELY" which tells of the United States Supreme... Read full description  
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  • John D. Rockefeller death in 1937....
    Item #722532
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, 2nd Extra, California, May 24, 1937
     
    * John D. Rockefeller death
    * Oil tycoon (nice headline w/ photos)

    The front page has a nice banner headline: "JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER DIES; ESTATE REPORTED AS SMALL" with subhead: "End Comes in Florida Home" and more with great pictorial. Nice for display. More on pages... Read full description  
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  • 1956 Clinton, Tennessee school integration crisis...
    Item #722117
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 2, 1956

    * "The Clinton 12" high school integration 
    * Clinton, Tennessee Negroes desegregation
    * "Brown v. Board of Education" aftermath 


    The front page has a two column heading: "Tear Gas Routs Mob In Race-Torn Town" with subhead. (see images)
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  • Boynton vs. Virginia Supreme Court Segregation Case...
    Item #722035
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Dec. 6, 1960

    * Boynton v. Virginia SCOTUS decision
    * Racial segregation at bus terminals illegal
    * Blacks allowed to use accommodations there


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "COURT UPHOLDS NEGRO PLEA ON FOOD SERVICE" with subhead. (see images)
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  • Scottsboro Boys rape case ends in 1937...
    Item #721815
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1937

    * Scottsboro Boys case ends w/ release
    * African American teenagers - Negroes


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO CASE ENDS AS 4 GO FREE; 2 MORE GET PRISON" with subheads. (see images)
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  • On Mormon wives testifying against their husbands...
    Item #721569
    DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, July 9, 1874  Page 2 has nearly two columns taken up with the details report of a Utah Supreme Court case concerning wives testifying as witnesses against their husbands.
    The report is headed "Supreme Court Decision" "Wives as Witnesses" being the case of... Read full description  

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  • Great detail on the trial of the Amistad...
    Item #721097
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 30, 1839 

    * African slaves
    * La Amistad


    Inside has a full page of very detailed coverage of the trial headed: "Slaves Per Amistad" at Hartford. A great wealth of detail. This famous slave ship and the revolt of its occupants was not only a notable legal case at the time, but in... Read full description  
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  • 1907 Standard Oil case.... John D. Rockefeller...
    Item #720516
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 30, 1907

    * The Standard Oil of New Jersey
    * John D. Rockefeller case


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "ANOTHER BLAST FOR THE STANDARD OIL; Commissioner of Corporations Answers Letters to the Stockholders" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in... Read full description  
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  • Flag salute no longer mandatory...
    Item #719994
    ELMIRA STAR-GAZETTE, New York, June 14, 1943 

    * West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
    * United States Supreme Court decision
    * Pledge of Allegiance - flag salute unconstitutional
    * Johovah's Witnesses & public schools


    The front page has a three column photo with heading: "1777--Old Glory's 166 Years Old... Read full description  
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  • Gangster Ralph Capone goes to prison in 1931...
    Item #719778
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 3, 1931

    * Ralph Capone receives 3 year prison term
    * Chicago gangland gangster - mobster
    * Brother of Al "Scarface" Capone


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Ralph Capone Jailed in High Court Appeal" with subhead. (see images) 
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  • University of Mississippi.... James H. Meredith....
    Item #719738
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., October 3, 1962

    * James Howard Meredith
    * University of Mississippi
    * 2nd day of enrollment


    The front page has a banner headline: "Mississippi Integration Crisis Boiling to a Peak" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.
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  • 1957 "Little Rock Nine" Central High School...
    Item #719207
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., September 11, 1957 

    * Little Rock Nine
    * Negro students - Arkansas
    * Central High School
    * Gov. Orval Faubus disobeys 
    * re. Brown v. Board of Education 


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "TROOPS WILL REMAIN AT ARKANSAS SCHOOL, GOV. FAUBUS ASSERTS" with subheads.... Read full description  
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  • 1856 Mansfield, Texas high school integration riot...
    Item #719157
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 1, 1956

    * Mansfield, Texas high school desegregation incident
    * Civil Rights Movement - Negroes - students
    * Post Brown v. Board of Education court decision


    The front page has a one column heading: "RANGERS CALLED IN RACE DISORDER" with subhead and photo. (see images) Coverage continues on page... Read full description  
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  • 1775 capture of Ethan Allen...
    Item #719128
    THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1775

    * Ethan Allen captured
    * American Revolutionary War


    The front page includes a letter: "To the King" which references the American situation & includes: "...Let then, royal Sire, the liberty of England and America be ever in your heart, then shall the people be free, and America... Read full description  
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  • The Pfanschmidt ax murders of 1912...
    Item #718981
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 7, 1912

    * The Pfanschmidt family ax murders
    * Payson (Quincy), Adams County, Illinois


    The front page has a one column heading: "SON CHARGED WITH SLAYING FAMILY" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues... Read full description  
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  • Death of the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...
    Item #718094
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 23, 1829 

    * Founding father John Jay death 

    Page two has a report with a small heading: "John Jay is No More" with the article beginning: "It seldom falls to our lot to record the death of so distinguished a man as this. Another Revolutionary Patriot has gone down to the... Read full description  
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  • George W. Bush (Finally) Wins... Becomes the 43rd U.S. President...
    Item #717464
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 14, 2000

    * George W. Bush election
    * After SCOTUS decision - becomes 43rd U.S. President
    * The "hanging chads" saga comes to an end


    The front page has a three-line, full-banner heading: "BUSH PLEDGES TO BE PRESIDENT FOR 'ONE NATION' NOT ONE PARTY; GORE, CONCEDING,URGES... Read full description  
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  • The famous Lemon slave case...
    Item #716773
    DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 1852  

    * Lemmon v. New York
    * Slaves - freedom lawsuit
    * Virginia slave owners 
    * Pre-American Civil War


    Nearly half of page 2 is taken up with much detail on the: "Judgement In The New York Slave Case".
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  • 1977 Women's abortion movement... SCOTUS...
    Item #715674
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 11, 1977

    * Woman's right to choose movement
    * Women's abortion rights cases
    * Supreme Court of the United States
    * Government not responsible for funding


    The front page has a headline: "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL..."... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition starting in America in 1920....
    Item #715394
    THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 20, 1920.

    * U.S. prohibition at the beginning
    * No more beer or liquor - temperance
    * From the city where crime would arise
    * Prohibition officially started a few days prior


    The front page has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT TO PASS ON DRY LAW'S VALIDITY" with subhead.
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  • Flashpoint for the school integration issue...
    Item #714825
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 12, 1958 

    * Cooper vs. Aaron Supreme Court decision
    * Little Rock, Arkansas Black students
    * Central High School integration case


    The front page has very brief "Breaking News" bulletin that reads: "The Supreme Court today denied the Little Rock School Board any delay in... Read full description  
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  • 1937 Supreme Court decision on Social Security......
    Item #714450
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 24, 1937

    * Helvering vs. Davis re. Social Security taxing
    * United States Supreme Court decision


    The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "SOCIAL SECURITY ACT UPHELD" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the Helvering v. Davis United States Supreme Court decision.
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  • Racist newspaper from 1958...
    Item #712561
    THE AUGUSTA COURIER, Georgia, July 23, 1958  This was an openly racist newspaper, with a print of the Confederate flag in the masthead & almost all content has anti-Black sentiments.
    Front page headlines include: "Moscow Will Not Run Georgia Schools Through U.S. Supreme Court And Ike" "Communistic Voting Record of U.S. Supreme Court Pin Pointed In... Read full description  

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  • Patterson v. Alabama... Scottsboro Boys....
    Item #712552
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 2, 1935

    * Patterson v. Alabama decision
    * United States Supreme Court case
    * Scottsboro Boys rape case
    * Jury of African-Americans


    The front page has a one column heading: "2D SCOTTSBORO DEATH PENALTY UPSET BY COURT" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 14 with photo of Haywood Patterson.... Read full description  
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  • 1932 Scottsboro Boys sentences upheld...
    Item #712522
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932

    * Scottsboro Boys death sentences upheld
    * Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
    * Alabama Supreme Court decision
    * Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
    * Ransom paid to no avail


    The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "7 DOOMED NEGROES LOSE ALABAMA PLEA" with subheads. (see images)
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  • 1930 U.S. prohibition... 18th Amendment...
    Item #712233
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 27, 1930

    * 18th Amendment - U.S. prohibition void to buyer ?
    * Supreme Court of the United States decision
    * Beer - liquor legal to purchaser


    The front page has a one column heading: "LIQUOR BUYING NO CRIME, SAYS SUPREME COURT" with subhead. (see images)
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  • John Rock - first African-American admitted to practice before the Supreme Court...
    Item #711285
    NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, New York, Feb. 7, 1865  

    * Abolitionist John Rock "black is beautiful"
    * First African American admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States


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  • The slave ship Amistad...  The birth of photography...
    Item #710527
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1839  

    * Verdict of the Amistad Slave Ship Case

    Inside has a lengthy & historic two page article headed: "The Slaves Of The Amistad" being a detailed account of their trial in Hartford, including subheads "Affidavit of Bahoo" with his "X" signature mark; "Afternoon" and:... Read full description  

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  • 1913 NYC Mayor William Jay Gaynor death...
    Item #710193
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, Sept. 13, 1913

    * William Jay Gaynor death
    * New York City mayor - politician
    * Assassination attempt photo fame


    The front page has a one column heading: "Gaynor's Body Lies In State" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Susan B. Anthony charged with illegal voting...
    Item #708644
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1873  

    * Susan B. Anthony indicted for voting

    A bottom corner of the front page has a small and discrete report headed: "The Case of Miss Susan B. Anthony--Prosecution Suspended" which is a brief mention of her recent indictment for illegal voting.
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  • Abortions confirmed legal... re. Roe vs. Wade decision...
    Item #708397
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1992

    * Planned Parenthood v. Casey
    * Abortion remains legal until 2022
    * Roe v. Wade decision upheld
    * United States Supreme Court


    This issue contains the landmark Supreme Court decision concerning abortion with a nice banner headline on the front page: "High Court Affirms Right to Abortion but... Read full description  
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  • 1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...
    Item #708319
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 9, 1964

    * Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad
    * Conviction for obscenity comedy performance
    * Cafe Au Go Go nightclub - Bleecker Street


    The top of page 3 has a heading: "Bruce Tagged on Obscenity, Run Extended at Cafe Here" Article continues on page 6.... Read full description  
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  • Number three on the "top ten" list of Supreme Court decisions...
    Item #708012
    NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 20, 1819  Close to eight pages are taken up with what one website lists as number 3 of "The Ten Most Significant Supreme Court Decisions Of All Time" (#2 is Roe vs. Wade; #1 is the Dred Scott Decision).
    This is the case of McCulloch vs. the state Maryland, the... Read full description  

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  • Supreme Court acts on the "Ironclad Oath" required of ex-Confederates...
    Item #707353
    NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Jan. 16, 1867  Page 3 has two reports concerning the controversial "Ironclad Oath" which essentially prevented political activity of ex-Confederates soldiers & supporters by requiring all voters & officials to swear they had never supported the Confederacy.
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