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Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump
While Northern Republicans deferred to the prerogative of white men, even Southern traitors, newly-freed Blacks were blamed for their poverty, illiteracy, and political power even as whites withheld the means by which they could procure wealth, education, and power. 12/ — PolitiTweet.org