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    James W. Lee, Letter To Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames (Feb. 7, 1876)

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    Intimidation and violence were used to scare people away from voting Republican in local elections. Local government officials likely did not intervene because they were complicit in the voter suppression efforts. African Americans at this time had few more rights than when they were slaves, as they were still not truly free despite emancipation due to the intimidation tactics used to restrict their voting.

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    James W. Lee, Letter To Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames (Feb. 7, 1876)

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    Intimidation and violence were used to scare people away from voting Republican in local elections. Local government officials likely did not intervene because they were complicit in the voter suppression efforts. African Americans at this time had few more rights than when they were slaves, as they were still not truly free despite emancipation due to the intimidation tactics used to restrict their voting.

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    Intimidation and violence were used to scare people away from voting Republican in local elections. Local government officials likely did not intervene because they were complicit in the voter suppression efforts. African Americans at this time had few more rights than when they were slaves, as they were still not truly free despite emancipation due to the intimidation tactics used to restrict their voting.

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    1.Intimidation and violence to frighten people into not voting republican.

    They used scare off


    anybody from voting.

    2. I think that local government officials didn’t intercede because they were in on it as well. At
    least half of the government (Democrats) was either actively participating or not helping to stop
    the violence.

    3.This example suggests that African Americans had only a few more rights than they did when
    they were slaves in the postbellum South. They were emancipated but nowhere near free.

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