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American History

Bucky

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2. I wonder how much difference Lincoln's murder made in Reconstruction

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 19, 2024, 03:48 AM

Apr 2024

The way it was resisted by the south, I think you would have seen just as much of a backlash against black voting and military occupation under a second Lincoln term. Resistance against his land reforms was going to be violent, no matter how many charming anecdotes Lincoln might have mustered.

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On the night of April 14, 1865, this was what Abraham Lincoln took with him to Ford's Theatre. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 OP

One of the worst days, thucythucy Apr 2024 #1

I wonder how much difference Lincoln's murder made in Reconstruction Bucky Apr 2024 #2

What you say about violence and white backlash is true, thucythucy Apr 2024 #3