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To: SilentZ who wrote (339971)	6/9/2007 9:19:11 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572037

Z, > "Punished the South?" As in, tried to make sure that blacks could vote and were fairly represented in government? Either way, it wasn't much of a "conciliatory atmosphere," contrary to the way you put it. Tenchusatsu

To: SilentZ who wrote (339971)	6/9/2007 10:38:29 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572037

"As in, tried to make sure that blacks could vote and were fairly represented in government?" Radical Reconstruction went well beyond that. Although for some, that alone would have been a huge punishment. Heck, that would have been punishment in many Northern states where blacks didn't have the right to vote, much less be fairly represented. But having their state governments taken over by the army and controlled by the Republicans was a bit much. Not to mention the hiking of taxes that were syphoned off into the pockets of Northern businesses. Even then, the Republicans had a way with private contractors...