Not for long. But I guess you missed this:
" Between 1868 and 1871, terrorist organizations, especially the Ku Klux Klan, murdered blacks and whites who tried to exercise their right to vote or receive an education. The Klan, working with Democrats in several states, used fraud and violence to help whites regain control of their state governments."
What black rebel soldiers there were -- and there were no more than a handful -- were shamefully treated after the war.
Walt
No.
Alexander Stephens held the same seat in Congress after the war that he had held before the war.
You knew that was a lie when you wrote it.
Walt
The same southerners who implemented those laws prior to the war. The same southerners who held office and supported the rebellion during the war. The same southerners who had supported the rebellion and who held office after the war. The Black Codes were in place long before reconstruction, and the Jim Crow laws were enacted after reconstruction. And both were designed to deny any semblance of rights to free blacks, including those bazillions of free blacks y'all claim served the confederacy so loyally and so well. Southern appreciation for their sacrifice is duly noted.