Charles Sumner: “In the one way, Reconstruction is easy; in the other way, it is in any…”

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In the one way, Reconstruction is easy; in the other way, it is in any just sense impossible.

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Sumner argues that there are straightforward and complex paths to achieving Reconstruction after the Civil War.

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Charles Sumner: “In the one way, Reconstruction is easy; in the other way, it is in any just sense impossible.”