12016-11-02T11:08:30-07:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c8241240624gallery2016-12-14T07:23:20-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824As the Republican party enjoyed support among a majority of black voters and some whites, political schisms began to develop. This photo slider shows many of the prominent men in the Republican Party. While a majority of the men elected into the 1868 Constitutional Convention and the resulting state legislative session were local individuals, Purman and Hamilton were from the Northeast. They were prominent because of their prominent role in reestablishing and shifting political, social, and economic control of the county because of their assignments as federal agents. Nevertheless, all of these men were influential members of Republican politics helped citizens from all racial and class backgrounds. The network analysis graph directly below the text gives visual testament to the class differences within the Republican and Democratic parties. Farmers, federal Freedmen's Bureau agents, skilled artisans, and even a merchant and physician joined the Republican party. The Democratic party draws from solidly middle class backgrounds, encompassing professional occupations of attorney and merchants. They also drew many members of the Chivalry, the unemployed sons of the merchant and professional classes. There was more class diversity in the Republican party than in Democratic party. The Republican party also attracted more working class and poor members to their ranks.
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1media/7029018263_6f716a9d28_o.jpgmedia/7029018263_6f716a9d28_o.jpg2016-11-01T21:12:17-07:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824Introduction: Understanding Jackson County, Florida, from 1865-1871Annemarie Nichols37vispath2016-12-14T07:04:55-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824
12016-12-11T20:33:35-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824Charles Memorial Hamilton Portrait1Portrait of Charles Memorial Hamilton, Courtesy of Florida Memory Projectplain2016-12-11T20:33:35-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824
12016-12-13T19:19:09-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824Members of the 1861 Secession Convention1Jackson County Representatives Joseph Collier and James L.G. Baker are pictured on the bottom row. Secession was a contentious issue. Most Jackson Countians did not support it.plain2016-12-13T19:19:10-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824
12016-12-11T20:32:18-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824Emanuel Fortune1Emanuel Fortune, Courtesy of Florida Memory Projectplain2016-12-11T20:32:18-08:00Annemarie Nichols1e5a2902504ece995469dcccf03253fc1813c824
