Congressional (radical) Reconstruction continues: Republican (nationalist) President Grant signs the First Enforcement Act, which is designed protect the voting rights of freedmen in the confederate States.
Question: In light of the fact that the northern States repeatedly refused to grant citizenship to their residents of African heritage, what was the real motivation of Congress for Reconstruction in general, and the FEA in particular? Was it out of a sudden, enlightened concern for the rights of freedmen, or desire to punish the confederate States for trying to assert their Right of Sovereignty?
[restored 5/6/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 200.
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