Voter suppression and violence (jan 9, 1873 – nov 9, 1876)

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From 1873 to 1876, a campaign of violence and intimidation, organized by the
Democratic Party, swept across several Southern states with the goal of toppling
Republican-controlled state governments and removing federal officeholders from
power. Democrats at the time claimed that they were “redeeming” the South, a word
that imbued their actions with a sense of religious significance. They argued that
they were saving the South from evil—the “evil” of being controlled by Republicans,
Northerners, and blacks. Historians continue to refer to this campaign to return the
South to Democratic Party control as “Redemption,” even though most agree that the
literal meaning of the word is not consistent with the way that they interpret the events
of this period.

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