[Non-Sequitur]

The Radical Republicans didn't give a damn about Negroes. It was about POWER. Plain & Simple.

I can't speak to their base motivations, but you cannot deny that the Black Codes were enacted, that their sole purpose was to keep the newly freed blacks in a condition as closely resembling slavery as possible - even those blacks who had been free for generations and even those that you claim fought so loyally for the rebellion. And in trying so blatantly to bypass the 13th Amendment they gave the radical republicans all the excuse that they needed to crack down on the southern states.

[TexConfederate1861]

No..I don't deny that the codes were passed, but you must realize that the Negro of the day was NOT accustomed to freedom, and I think the majority of those codes were designed to preserve order, rather than oppress.

Texas, had a very liberal black code than most.

[stand watie]

considering how all the northern states treated blacks before/during/after the WBTS AND that MORE northern schools are NOW racially SEGREGATED than was EVER the case in dixie, i wouldn't go down that particular road if i were you.

especially given the "miles of dead Negroes, decorating every lamp-pole" after the NY Draft Riots.

damnyankees are now and have always been RACIST, vengeful, brutal & it is no coincidence that the National HQ of the KKK is in OH = damnyankeeland.

free dixie, sw