In some places colored laborers were compelled to vote according to the wishes of their employers, under threats of discharge if they acted otherwise; and there are too many instances in which, when these threats were disregarded, they were remorselessly executed by those who made them.
Grant describes the coercion faced by colored laborers during elections, highlighting threats to their voting rights.
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