Reconstruction Era

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Also, in some southern states, convict leasing was essentially a new form of slavery that started during the Reconstruction Era and went on for decades.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

You could also say something similar about the Reconstruction Era, and then about how that passed very quickly.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2022

The scheme had a vague historical precedent and was rooted, at least in theory, in a post- Reconstruction Era law designed to address how to handle disputed elections.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

But the promise of the Reconstruction Era amendments was cut short and did not fully come to life until the civil rights movement sparked the Second Reconstruction during the 1960s.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2019

The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander