The Decline of Radical Reconstruction
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Reconstruction was beginning to collapse long before it officially ended, and the death of
Senator Charles Sumner symbolized the fading power and momentum of Radical Republicans.
Sumner had been one of the strongest voices pushing for Black equality and strict federal control
over the South. When he died, it was not just the loss of a leader—it marked the moment
when the entire movement began to lose direction, unity, and national support.
Radical Reconstruction had achieved more than anyone thought possible just a decade earlier.
Newly freed African Americans gained civil rights, schools were opened, new state constitutions
were written, and Black men held political office for the first time. But behind these
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