🪧 BHM 2026 by QCT | Post #9 🔁 #OnThisDayHistory (1864–1869)

BHM 2026 by QCT | Post #9

#OnThisDayHistory (1864–1869)

Did you know? Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 re-election was under the National Union Party, not just the Republican banner. His running mate? Andrew Johnson, a Southern Unionist from Raleigh, NC.

Johnson despised the wealthy Confederate elite and initially barred them from U.S. citizenship without a pardon. But as President, he failed to protect Black freedom, letting former enslavers return to power during Reconstruction.

Johnson appointed NC's William W. Holden as governor—who later presided over the 1869 state legislature that formally abolished slavery in North Carolina.

This era was messy and layered—a battle between punishing traitors and redefining freedom.

History isn’t clean—it’s complex.

#Lincoln #AndrewJohnson #ReconstructionEra #BlackHistory365 #NorthCarolinaHistory #USPresidents #SlaveryAbolition #CivilWarHistory #OnThisDay #BHM2026 #queencitytours

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/.../National_Union_Party_(United...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864_National_Union_National_Convention​

https://millercenter.org/president/johnson/domestic-affairs​

https://millercenter.org/president/johnson/campaigns-and-elections​

https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/andrew-johnson-1808-1875/​

https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/after_slavery_educator/unit_one_documents/andrew-appoints-holden​

https://www.historynet.com/remarkable-william-woods-holden/​

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/267598/​

https://www.perlego.com/index/history/andrew-johnson-reconstruction-plan​