Reconstruction

As I continue to read about the reconstruction period, it seems almost appalling of the course of events taking place, yet not mentioned much in our history books. What struck me the most was the uproar of violence due to racism after the emancipation of slavery. Records show that freed slaves who would attempt on leaving the plantation would be murdered. Also, a man who failed to take his hat off in the presence of a white would be murdered. These, along with a multitude of other murders show just how much racial tension there was in the South after the Civil War. The nation didn't willingly give up slavery and unify itself, rather it created greater issues revolving around blacks equal rights.