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The opposition to the Reconstruction Acts manifests itself in an inconceivable brutality, kindred to that of Slavery, and fit prelude to the revival of this odious wrong.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The opposition to the Reconstruction Acts manifests itself in an inconceivable brutality, kindred to that of Slavery…”
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Sumner connects the brutality against Reconstruction Acts' supporters to the historical brutality of slavery.
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