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This great constitutional revolution in the status of the Negro laid the basis for a political revolution in the old slave states also.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “This great constitutional revolution in the status of the Negro laid the basis for a political revolution in the old…”
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He argues that the constitutional changes regarding African Americans set the stage for broader political transformations in the South.
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