After weaker measures resulted in 1866 violence against former slaves in the former Confederate states, Radicals disfavored allowing ex-Confederates officers to take political power, and emphasizing equality, civil rights, and voting rights for the "freedmen" (recently freed slaves).
Radicals disfavored allowing ex-Confederates officers to take political power, and emphasizing equality for the "freedmen" (recently freed slaves). Radicals disfavored allowing ex-Confederates officers to take political power, and emphasizing civil rights for the "freedmen" (recently freed slaves). Radicals disfavored allowing ex-Confederates officers to take political power, and emphasizing voting rights for the "freedmen" (recently freed slaves). Weaker measures resulted in 1866 violence against former slaves in the former Confederate states.