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Reconstruction Era | The Panic | 5

American History Tellers

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The Resurrection of Mississippi

Three white men and five black people were dead, including two children. Governor Adelbert Ames begged President Grant to send federal troops to the state but Grant refused fearing another backlash. So without federal help, Mississippi Republicans were left to fend for themselves.

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