Paul Sorrells

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In large swaths of the interior South only the arrival of soldiers actually ended slavery. Returning rebels, in violation of the law, moved to evict the wives and families of black soldiers from their homes.
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)
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