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American Experience; Interview with Edward L. Ayers, Historian, University of Virginia

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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Ayers talks about different versions of Christianity, black church leaders, Andrew Johnson and restoring the Union and building the Republican party, leniency towards Confederates, the black codes, bringing the south in alignment with the US Constitution, the fourteenth amendment
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