S4 E4: The Second Revolution
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The Abolition of Slavery - The End of the Civil War
Cadatta: 53 thousand black people were murdered in the south in the three decades after the civil war. Ulysses grant, the former union general, was elected president in 18 68 and served two terms. He sent troops to several states to suppress clan violence and protect black voters at the poles. Looking back, maybe what's remarkable is that reconstruction happened at all, and that it lasted as long as it did.
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