The Compromise of 1877: How a Disputed Presidential Election Helped Abandon Black Americans to Jim Crow
Posted inCulture17 mn readIntroduction: Twelve Years After Emancipation, the Promise of Freedom Was Already Under Threat In 1877, just twelve years after the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, the United States reached a political turning point with consequences that would shape African American life for generations. The disputed presidential election of 1876 resulted […]
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