The last federal troops are withdrawn from the South, leaving New Orleans and completing the collapse of Reconstruction.
At a Glance
- Date
- 24 April 1877
- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Category
- Emancipation & Reconstruction
- Source
- Reconstruction-era records (1877) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
It abandoned Black Southerners to white 'Redeemer' governments.
What It Means Now
The withdrawal opened the era of Jim Crow and disenfranchisement.
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