... efforts from The Radical Republicans, African Americans envisioned to secure a regarded status amongst 19th Century society. The Radical Republicans was party of the 1860s, collectively composed of abolitionists and others hostile to the South, where blacks were regarded as an inferior race. Unfortunately, the black dream proved to be better in theory than in practice, as ambitions were ... never fully realized due prominently to Southern resistance to the Reconstruction plan. The black community had hoped to triumph through voting rights, social acceptance, and to a greater extent---econ...

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