Slavery and Reconstruction By has Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin Dec 1, 1863 10 Percent Plan Jul 1, 1864 Wade-Davis Bill Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1877 Reconstruction Mar 1, 1865 Freedman's Bureau created Jun 1, 1865 13th Amendment Outlawed slavery Nov 1, 1865 Black Codes Established Mar 2, 1867 First Reconstruction Act Period: Jun 1, 1867 to Jun 1, 1877 Radical Reconstruction Jan 1, 1868 14th Amendment Equal protection to African Americans Jan 1, 1870 15th Amendment Suffrage to black men May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Dec 18, 1899 Cumming vs. Richmond County Board of Education Jan 1, 1901 Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington published Jan 1, 1903 The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois published