Excerpt from Documentary History of Reconstruction, Vol. 2: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and Industrial, 1865 to the Present Time; With Facsimiles The methods employed by the Union League serve partly to explain why the negroes were voted solidly for one party in spite of attempts made by the white party to gain an influence over them, and why the races te mained politically hostile after the League was dis banded. The strictest discipline was enforced, and per sonal injury, even death, was the ...
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Excerpt from Documentary History of Reconstruction, Vol. 2: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and Industrial, 1865 to the Present Time; With Facsimiles The methods employed by the Union League serve partly to explain why the negroes were voted solidly for one party in spite of attempts made by the white party to gain an influence over them, and why the races te mained politically hostile after the League was dis banded. The strictest discipline was enforced, and per sonal injury, even death, was the penalty for voting a Democratic ticket. Night meetings, with impressive ceremonies and solemn oaths; parades and drills; prom isee of confiscation; threats of being returned to slavery; speeches by visiting agitators - all served to keep the blacks in line. Candidates for oflice were nominated by the League and no member could vote for a candidate not endorsed by the order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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