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Reconstruction: Abolishing Slavery

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The reconstruction focused on abolishing slavery for good in order not to move war again, but this really did not happen. As soon as Reconstruction ended and the Southern states were allowed to do what they wanted, they imposed segregation on blacks and did all sorts of things to prevent them from voting. In addition, reconstructions failed to help blacks economically. They did not get the land acres that they hoped for. Therefore, they continued to be poor farm workers who pretty much had to work for the rich landowners. This was not much different from how things had been during slavery. It is clear that the government did not care much of the morality of slavery more than as a political tactic to secure higher
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