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Fred Fox |
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Easy on South, Blacks
few rights, President Rec., National |
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Fred Fox is a former Copperhead from Indiana. During
the war, he was part of a Dark Lantern society and supported the efforts of Clement
Vallandingham to disrupt the war effort and to take over the Democratic Party at the 1864
Chicago convention. He believes that blacks are inferior to whites, and that Presidential
Reconstruction, which puts the freedman under the thumb of the white South is best in a
series of poor alternatives. Although this action runs counter to his racist ideology, he
continues to support Reconstruction on a national level because, as a railroad man, he
benefits from the economic activities of the Republican Party. |
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Readings based on Beliefs: |
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Belief 1 - Easy for the South
to get back into the Union and pardons should be easy to secure |
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Belief 4 - Freedmen and free
blacks should receive few political, economic and social rights |
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Belief 6 - The President should
control Reconstruction |
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Belief 7 - Reconstruction
should be organized and implemented on a national level |
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