Bruce Vail
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Grant was not a true a Civil Rights president. Grant may have signed these Bills into laws but Grant was not the push behind these laws. Grant happens to be President in the early 1870's and his party wanted the freedmen vote.
Samuel Shellabarger (R-OH) on March 28, 1871
The Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act was a United States federal law written to empower the President with the legal authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States.
John Bingham (R-OH) on February 21, 1870
The Enforcement Act of 1871 (17 Stat. 13), also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Force Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, or Third Ku Klux Klan Act, is an Act of the United States Congress which empowered the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to combat the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and ...
Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) on May 13, 1870[1]
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (18 Stat. 335–337), sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era in response to civil rights violations to African Americans, "to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights", giving them equal treatment in ...
I like to point out later in life, he believed suffrage for the freedmen was a mistake... or given to quickly... He was proud that his army's victory brought an end to slavery but nothing more. I want to point out he wanted to buy part of an island to ship the freedmen there...
The Civil Rights Acts of 1870 and 1871 were to enforce the amendments to the constitution and fight the Klan...
The Civil Rights Act 1875 was groundbreaking and was later used as a guide to the Civil rights act of 1964
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"I want to point out he wanted to buy part of an island to ship the freedmen there..."
I've seen this assertion made in numerous places, and also heard Grant fans deny it.
What is your take?