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Chapter 37

           Thecivilcourtsstillfunctionedafterafashionbuttheyfunctionedatthepleasureofthemilitary,whocouldanddidinterferewiththeirverdicts,sothatcitizenssounfortunateastogetarrestedwerevirtuallyatthemercyofthemilitaryauthorities.Andsomanydidgetarrested.Theverysuspicionofseditiousutterancesagainstthegovernment,suspectedcomplicityintheKuKluxKlan,orcomplaintbyanegrothatawhitemanhadbeenuppitytohimwereenoughtolandacitizeninjail.Proofandevidencewerenotneeded.Theaccusationwassufficient.AndthankstotheincitementoftheFreedmen’sBureau,negroescouldalwaysbefoundwhowerewillingtobringaccusations.

           ThenegroeshadnotyetbeengiventherighttovotebuttheNorthwasdeterminedthattheyshouldvoteandequallydeterminedthattheirvoteshouldbefriendlytotheNorth.Withthisinmind,nothingwastoogoodforthenegroes.TheYankeesoldiersbackedthemupinanythingtheychosetodo,andthesurestwayforawhitepersontogethimselfintotroublewastobringacomplaintofanykindagainstanegro.

           Theformerslaveswerenowthelordsofcreationand,withtheaidoftheYankees,thelowestandmostignorantoneswereontop.Thebetterclassofthem,scorningfreedom,weresufferingasseverelyastheirwhitemasters.Thousandsofhouseservants,thehighestcasteintheslavepopulation,remainedwiththeirwhitefolks,doingmanuallaborwhichhadbeenbeneaththemintheolddays.

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