XIV. Reconstruction, 1863 – 1877
XV. Reconstruction, 1863 – 1877
Though slavery was abolished, the wrongs of my people were not ended. Though they were not slaves, they were not quite free. No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling, action of others, and has no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending, and maintaining his liberty.
Frederick Douglass, 1882
The silencing of the cannons of war left the victorious United States…
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