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The Reconstruction Acts err from what they fail to do rather than from what they do.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Reconstruction Acts err from what they fail to do rather than from what they do.”
Editor's note · Context
He critiques the Reconstruction Acts for their failures to address key issues affecting freedmen.
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