When Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts, former slave owners and supporters of the Confederacy were

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The Reconstruction Acts, passed by Congress in 1867, imposed military rule on the former Confederate states and mandated the establishment of new state governments that were required to ratify the 14th Amendment and grant African American men the right to vote. Former Confederates who had held office or supported secession were disenfranchised and barred from holding office until they took loyalty oaths and received pardons from the president or military commanders. Therefore, former slave owners and supporters of the Confederacy were purged as officeholders and denied the vote under the Reconstruction Acts.

When Congress Passed the Reconstruction Acts, Former Slave Owners and Supporters