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The image the term conveyed became more hated in the South during Reconstruction as Radical Republicans forced legislation repugnant to Southerners and installed Northern Republicans or Unionists in the governments of the former Confederate states.
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The Radical Republicans were a wing of the Republican Party organized around an uncompromising opposition to slavery before and during the Civil War and a vigorous campaign to secure rights for freed slaves during Reconstruction.
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Radicalism (historical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Radical (from the Latin radix meaning root) was used during the late 18th century for proponents of the Radical Movement . It later became a general term for those favoring or seeking p...
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During the American Civil War, a more extreme group of Republicans called the Radical Republicans became quite influential in the party. The radicals believed that the Civil War had to end slavery. They felt the South's agrarian economy centered on slave labor was ineffective.
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Encyclopedia article about Radical Republicans. Information about Radical Republicans in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Harsin estimates that there were a few thousand radical republicans in Paris of the July Monarchy.
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Radical Republicans never really existed as a cohesive group. They were united only by their common commitment to emancipation and racial justice. On other issues—such as hard/soft money, labour reform, and protectionism—they were often divided.
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