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At the end of the Civil War, much of the conquered Confederacy lay in ruins: cities such as Atlanta and Richmond were utterly destroyed, the few railroads across the region were torn up, and plantations and farms that had once produced bountiful cash crops for export were burnt to the ground or abandoned. Union troops occupied the land, enforcing the deconstruction of Confederate political structures, the removal of the rebellious Southern elite from government participation, and the liberation of the black population from almost three centuries of bondage. Federally, Radical Republicans in Congress impeached President Johnson and passed the 14th and 15th amendments, granting blacks the same rights to citizenship, suffrage, and protection under the law as whites enjoyed. With these new rights, black Americans soon expanded their social and political power, electing the first black US Senator (Hiram Rhodes Revels) in 1870 and establishing the first public schools in the South for African-Americans. But what looked like progress from the perspective of African-Americans and Northerners was interpreted as anarchy and upheaval by many south of the Mason-Dixon.
By 1873, many white Southerners were calling for “Redemption” – the return of white supremacy and the removal of rights for blacks – instead of Reconstruction. This political pressure to return to the old order was oftentimes backed up by mob and paramilitary violence, with the Ku Klux Klan, the White League, and the Red Shirts assassinating pro-Reconstruction politicians and terrorizing Southern blacks. Within a few years, Northern attentions were consumed by apathy and fatigue and the South slipped back toward many of the patterns of the antebellum era. So dire was the situation that historian W. E. B. DuBois described the period as one where “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.”
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Once the Democratic Party regained power in North Carolina in the early 1870s, it spent the next decade overturning much of the legacy of Reconstruction. Democratic officials restricted social spending, overturned advances in education, and restored older, less democratic forms of county government. In addition, they continued to tamper with elections and intimidate voters at election time. The policies of Redemption eventually led to the restrictions on voting and civil rights that became known as Jim Crow.
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And ever since, white supremacy has maintained an iron grip on the south. Despite the quality of life for southerners continuing to decrease, they continue to vote for conservatives no matter what.
What happened in the south is what may happen nationwide if you aren't actively aware of what is going on in your neighborhoods, cities, and state. Trump's first election was a reaction to the rights of black people, immigrants etc. Being protected by a black president. They are so quick to believe other groups get special treatment, because THEY get special treatment. DEI and affirmative action always existed for THEM because when you are used to privilege, equality looks like oppression. So theyve swung back to try and "redeem" america. Harris represented another Obama for white america and they were not having it following the racial PTSD they got from the Obama years. Adam Serwer made this connection in his book of essays. The brother is a BRILLIANT writer.
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By 1873, many white Southerners were calling for “Redemption” – the return of white supremacy and the removal of rights for blacks – instead of Reconstruction. This political pressure to return to the old order was oftentimes backed up by mob and paramilitary violence, with the Ku Klux Klan, the White League, and the Red Shirts assassinating pro-Reconstruction politicians and terrorizing Southern blacks. Within a few years, Northern attentions were consumed by apathy and fatigue and the South slipped back toward many of the patterns of the antebellum era. So dire was the situation that historian W. E. B. DuBois described the period as one where “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.”
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Once the Democratic Party regained power in North Carolina in the early 1870s, it spent the next decade overturning much of the legacy of Reconstruction. Democratic officials restricted social spending, overturned advances in education, and restored older, less democratic forms of county government. In addition, they continued to tamper with elections and intimidate voters at election time. The policies of Redemption eventually led to the restrictions on voting and civil rights that became known as Jim Crow.
Reconstruction vs. Redemption
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Redemption and Redeemers in the South
2022 Following the Civil War, Southern Democrats lost much of their political power, but many people were unwilling to accept this change
www.ncpedia.org
And ever since, white supremacy has maintained an iron grip on the south. Despite the quality of life for southerners continuing to decrease, they continue to vote for conservatives no matter what.
What happened in the south is what may happen nationwide if you aren't actively aware of what is going on in your neighborhoods, cities, and state. Trump's first election was a reaction to the rights of black people, immigrants etc. Being protected by a black president. They are so quick to believe other groups get special treatment, because THEY get special treatment. DEI and affirmative action always existed for THEM because when you are used to privilege, equality looks like oppression. So theyve swung back to try and "redeem" america. Harris represented another Obama for white america and they were not having it following the racial PTSD they got from the Obama years. Adam Serwer made this connection in his book of essays. The brother is a BRILLIANT writer.
The Cruelty Is the Point
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