Read the excerpt from a publication written by Frederick Douglass in 1867 and answer the question below
Suffrage] is a measure of relief a shield to break the force of a blow already descending with violence, and render it harmless. The work of destruction has already been set in motion all over the South Peace to the
country has literally meant war to the loyal men of the South, white and black, and sufrage is the measure to arrest and put an end to that dreadful strife
Source: University of Virginia
Which Reconstruction Era effort was Frederick Douglass describing in this excerpt?
prosecution of opponents of civil rights laws
occupation of territory in the defeated states
reforms to correct inefficiencies in government
O measures to confront lingering political inequality
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