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Behind the Bastards

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The Enforcement Act and Vigilante Violence in American History

A discussion on the overlooked period of reconstruction in American history, focusing on the Enforcement Act of 1871 and its attempt to address freelance violence, highlighting parallels with present racial tensions and the decline of prosecutions under the Klan Act.

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