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Pls answer Asap How did the reconstruction affect a redeemer.

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They were a White Coalition, a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War. Redeemers were the Southern wing of the Democratic Party. They sought to regain their political power and enforce white supremacy. Redeemer governments waged and aggressive assault on African Americans. the name given to those Redeemer-Democrats who held political power in Louisiana in the late 1800s; they supported states' rights and white supremacy and did not see the need for change.

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They were a White Coalition, a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War. Redeemers were the Southern wing of the Democratic Party. They sought to regain their political power and enforce white supremacy.

Redeemer governments waged and aggressive assault on African Americans. the name given to those Redeemer-Democrats who held political power in Louisiana in the late 1800s; they supported states' rights and white supremacy and did not see the need for change.

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