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Unreconstructed
The truth is, there were five times as many abolition societies in the South than in the North, and the South wanted very much to be done with slavery. Had it been left alone and allowed to take the "high road" to emancipation, everyone would have been much better off. Instead, we got Reconstruction... View More

JimJimmyJames
Unreconstructed The South got reconstruction only after various states seceded & fought a 4 year long war which cost the lives of of ~620 thousand combatants + another ~230 thousand civilians. On top of these numbers are the ~60 thousand combatants who lost an arm or a leg.

JimJimmyJames
Unreconstructed The 13th amendment, which officially ended slavery, became part of the US constitution on December 18, 1865. The date of the founding of the KKK is officially given as December 24, 1865.
