... to exercise the right to vote."4 It was racism like this that fueled the rise of the Democratic party and eventually ended Reconstruction. As Conservatives (Democrats) gained control of gubernatorial chairs and legislatures in the South, there was little that supporters of Black equality could do to prevent the end of Reconstruction. Southerner ex-slaveholders became obsessed with absolute racism, building ... ...

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