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Vic Olden |
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Tough on South, Blacks
rights, President Rec., National |
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Vic Olden is a black Georgia minister who traveled
with the Union armies throughout much of the war and was with the black soldiers who
marched into Richmond, Virginia in April 1865. The treatment of soldiers of color by the
Confederate forces hardened Oldens heart against the South. As he put it, "the
Lord says forgiveness is a virtue, but some things I cannot forget." He envisions a
world in which blacks and whites can work together and although he is well aware of
President Johnsons racist statements in the past, he is convinced that the
presidency can change a good man even as it changed Lincoln. Accordingly, he is willing to
give Presidential Reconstruction a chance as long as it is enacted equally on a national
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Readings based on Beliefs: |
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Belief 2 - Difficult for the
South to get back into the Union and pardons should be difficult to secure |
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Belief 3 - Freedmen and free
blacks should receive substantial 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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