Discussion of time period between end of Civil War and beginning of era known as "Radical Reconstruction," including discussion of political and social views of President Andrew Johnson, codes for social control of freed African-Americans adopted by the S.C. legislature in late 1865; and the Reconstruction Act of 1867. Essay discusses South Carolina's Constitutional Convention of 14 Jan.-18 Mar. 1868; composed of 48 whites and 76 African-Americans, the Convention approved a list of changes in the State constitution which had significant impact on the political and social order.
