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In a minor degree the folly was now repeated, in resisting the mode of Reconstruction first tendered, and thus forcing Congress to confer civil rights and suffrage upon the emancipated slave.
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Blaine reflects on the consequences of the South's resistance to Reconstruction, which led to civil rights for emancipated slaves.
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