{"id":2718,"date":"2019-03-06T22:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T22:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/mcneal-turner\/biography\/civil-war-correspondence-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T21:18:00","slug":"reconstruction-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/before-garvey-mcneal-turner\/biography\/reconstruction-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstruction Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.7&#8243; module_class=&#8221;page-header&#8221; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93&#8243; 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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. &#8220;Customs House, Atlanta, Ga.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/items\/510d47e0-5648-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Public Library Digital Collections<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the Civil War, Turner worked for the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau. In 1867, he helped to organize the Georgia Republican Party and participated in the Georgia Constitutional Convention. Turner served briefly in the Georgia State Legislature as a representative from Macon, Georgia. In 1868, Turner and other elected Black officers were drummed out of the legislature by the racist machinations of white legislators. Turner was voted in again in 1870, only to be forced back out following a rigged election process. President Ulysses Grant appointed Turner as postmaster of Macon, Georgia. As postmaster, he faced uncorroborated claims of malfeasance and was forced to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Turner took an appointment at the Georgia Customs House while pastoring at St. Philips AME in Atlanta. Harassed out of his last government post, Turner devoted his time, expertise, and energy to the AME church and to Colored Conventions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> BEFORE GARVEY! HENRY MCNEAL TURNER AND THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS, EMIGRATION AND BLACK RIGHTSReconstruction Service Following the Civil War, Turner worked for the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau. In 1867, he helped to organize the Georgia Republican Party and participated in the Georgia Constitutional Convention. 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