Daniel Howard, a twenty-year-old African-American man, attended a political

rally on September 19, 1868.  He was one of hundreds of African Americans

to attend this rally.

You see, earlier that month Democrats (along with some Republicans) in the

state’s legislature moved to remove ALL African-American lawmakers from

office that had been recently elected, earlier that year.  They contended

that African Americans were not given the express right to hold office and

they, therefore, voted to unseat them.