during reconstruction they gave the planters back all their land. no redistribution to the people that worked the land in a way that might afford a real power base to the formerly enslaved to resist further oppression. Northern capital was worried about the implications for the institution of private property. racial politics with no material base for power. that's been the playbook.
during reconstruction they gave the planters back all their land. no redistribution to the people that worked the land in a way that might afford a real power base to the formerly enslaved to resist further oppression. Northern capital was worried about the implications for the institution of private property. racial politics with no material base for power. that's been the playbook.
Ridiculous!