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"The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas"

Publisher: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS Shop: https://www.tamupress.... ISBN: 978-1-62349-956-3 Category: History of North America

The Republican Union League of America played a major role in the Southern Reconstruction that followed the American Civil War. A secret organization introduced into Texas in 1867 to mobilize newly enfranchised black voters, it was the first political body that attempted to secure power by forming a biracial coalition. Originally intended by white Unionists simply to marshal black voters to their support, it evolved into an organization that allowed blacks to pursue their own political goals. It was abandoned by the state’s Republican Party following the 1871 state elections.