Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the spring of 1865, the Civil War was over, slavery had been abolished, and the United States faced a question as difficult as the conflict itself: what would freedom actually mean? Four million formerly enslaved people entered a society that had denied them education, property, political power, and legal protection. At the same time, […]

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