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In Mississippi in 1875, white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

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In those times, the Republicans were the abolutionists and wanted equal rights for the black population. Mississippi could be counted as a Southern state and the Southern states did not want equal rights for 'negroes'. The Republicans were assaulted and murdered for working with the enemy
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