History on the freedmen
1. After the Civil War, the United States had to deal with the question on what to do about the status of the Freedmen of the South. Many people had different views and opinions on what should have been done. One of the extreme alternatives which could have occurred, is the Freedmen should be given full political, economic and social rights. People such as Frederick Douglas, radical republicans and obviously the Freedmen themselves hoped that this would occur. If this were to happen, the Freedmen would finally have the status as the White majority of Americans. This, of course did not happen. Two other alternatives that might have occurred is that the Freedmen would be allowed the right to vote and to hold office, which people such as Charles Sumner believed in, and the other, granted full economic freedom. Thaddeus Stevens and Booker T. Washington believed in the latter. Both of these groups believed that if at least one of these rights were achieved, the others would surely follow. The other extreme alternative that might have also happened is to keep the Freedmen segregated. Obviously the majority of the southerners were the ones that wished to see this followed through. The final alternative a
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