(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION RECONSTRUCTION) SMITH WILLIAM H Radi

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--RECONSTRUCTION.) SMITH, WILLIAM H. Radical Falsehood Exposed. U.S. Troops sent to North Carolina to Conquer a Radical Victory at the Elections. . .Extracts from a Letter of William H. Smith, Republican Governor of Alabama. Single 4to leaf, folded to form four small 8vo pages; a few historical society stamps, some general wear and toning. Np (Washington), 1878

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first and only printing. Smith defends the "homegrown" Republican party, and the status quo of Reconstruction efforts in Alabama. He dismisses the Ku Klux Klan threat, and in a backhanded way, confronts Alabama's radical Republican U.S. Senator Spencer. Smith, a former slave owner, opposed secession and in 1862 fled behind Union lines and spent the remainder of the war recruiting soldiers for the First Alabama Union Regiment. The Compromise of 1877 put an end to Federal occupation of Southern states. However, the Klan grew stronger, outrages on black voters increased, Republican control collapsed and a period called "Redemption"--taking back offices held by blacks--began. scarce, oclc locates only five copies.