Archibald Henry Grimké: “They did not go deep enough and besides the whites refused to…”

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They did not go deep enough and besides the whites refused to cooperate with the blacks to make them a success.

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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké argues that the failure of reconstruction was due to insufficient depth and lack of cooperation from white Southerners.

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It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.

On every hand over against his paper rights as a citizen, the Negro faces facts which make his citizenship seem like a snare and a delusion.

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Lay not down your weapons until honorable terms are obtained.

Archibald Henry Grimké: “They did not go deep enough and besides the whites refused to cooperate with the blacks to make them a success.”