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Freed Veteran Holds Former Owner From House
- A formerly enslaved Union veteran physically blocks his old owner from reclaiming the plantation and barricades the door to assert new ownership.
- The scene dramatizes immediate postwar claim-making where freed people occupied former masters' homes to establish new households and authority.
Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan Sparked A Power Struggle
- Lincoln's 10% Plan prioritized rapid reintegration by allowing limited loyalist-led state governments rather than guaranteeing broad rights for freed people.
- Radical Republicans pushed a far harsher approach (Wade-Davis) demanding 50% allegiance and barring ex-Confederates, revealing early Reconstruction power struggles.
Garrison Frazier Secures The Promise Of Land
- Reverend Garrison Frazier tells Sherman that land ownership is essential for Black freedom and self-reliance during a meeting of Black ministers in Savannah.
- His plea leads Sherman to issue Special Order No. 15 reserving coastal plantation land (the origin of '40 acres and a mule').