Always their plan
Exploit blacks kept in the south to vote GOP which lol frankly was not a hard sell
Like the Dems do now
Parties have switched
Although it’s not that simplistic the radical republicans in many ways are aped by todays progressives
Though given most were white I doubt lefties today would claim them
Hell they even eschew poor Abe God love him
( yes I know abe was not an RR)
The ideology definitely has. The 1860s Republicans were very similar in ideology to modern Democrats, and vice versa.
( yes I know abe was not an RR)
What's an "RR"?