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Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction (Paperback)
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Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction (Paperback)
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Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began,
Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important
Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black
legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction,
Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed slaves, but
he was opposed to the severe punishment of Confederate leaders and
initially tried to be conciliatory toward President Johnson's
lenient policies. Soon Wilson joined others in promoting Congress's
own Reconstruction program, including the 14th and 15th Amendments,
the Military Reconstruction Acts, and the impeachment of the
President. He became the Republican Party's most frequently-used
campaign speaker. Long recognized as a spokesman for labor, he was
also the foremost national politician promoting the cause of
prohibition. He wrote the most authoritative three-volume work on
the causes of the Civil War from the northern viewpoint. He was
also a frequent contributor to the era's most influential religious
periodical. In 1872, Wilson was rewarded for his political
activities when he was nominated and elected as the country's
vice-president.
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