The ugly truth is white Southerners didn't want to share
Posted on: December 28, 2023 at 11:22:07 CT
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their communities, their institutions and political power with newly emancipated blacks. They feared with some justification that the former slaves could not effectively assimilate and be entrusted with the liberties and responsibilities presumed to be the exclusive preserve of whites. The end of slavery meant tremendous social change and political upheaval in every community of every Southern State.