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Federal troops withdraw from the city of Richmond as the city returns to normalcy.

A group of "bad looking negroes"accused of murdering a white woman horrifies white southerners.

The Freedmen's Bureau continues to restore land long after the war.

The withdrawal of more Union troops from Virginia encourage southerners looking to repair ties with the Union.

The Dispatch sarcastically offers support for the Women's Suffrage Movement on the grounds that women must then share a "fair" role in society.

Reports from the Freedmen's Bureau of Fairfax county state that nearly all freedmen in the district are employed and supporting themselves.

The murder of a white police officer by African Americans heightens racial tensions in Alabama.

National news arriving from Washington states that lawmakers have taken a preliminary vote on the subject of African American suffrage.

A new system of labor arises in the South in which African Americans essentially become sharecroppers who cultivate land owned by a white man and receive a portion of his profits.

The Dispatch outlines Virginia's economic advantages and then proceeds to explain why Virginia needs more access to the global economy.