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Arguments Why Did The South End Reconstruction?
The South ended reconstruction because there was lack of interest in equal rights and the violence they had towards the blacks and the North. The south was filled with Ku Klux Klan members and all they did was either threaten, attack, or kill the people who were apart of reconstructing or helping during reconstruction. They were ready to put an end to the movements of the northerners who fled to the south to help the free blacks, scalawags, and the carpetbaggers. They started by targeting black officials and people who were in power. Hints why Abram Colby was attacked. They made their killings public which made the community way more vulnerable and no one could do anything about it because most-white officials like doctors, lawyer's and even

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