1. Reconstruction
There was a great amount of property damage done to farms, factories, and railroads. ... Whites saw emancipation as the reason for loss of the nation's largest concentration of private property." (Current, pg.88) Planters went from owning blacks as property, to negotiating a wage in exchange for their labor. ...
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- Grade Level: High School