Radical Republicans
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pluralof Radical Republican.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Radical Republicannounin the aftermath of the Civil War, any of a group of Republicans who advocated the strong federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies in the southern states and immediate emancipation and civil rights for formerly enslaved Americans.
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Especially in Congress, a small but determined group of Radical Republicans pressed for strong antislavery measures in wartime and active aid to the newly freed thereafter.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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One group of critics became known as Radical Republicans and demanded more forceful attacks on the South.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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The Radicals then dropped the impeachment effort, but the events had effectively silenced President Johnson, and Radical Republicans continued with their plan to reconstruct the South.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
In February 1864, two of the Radical Republicans, Ohio senator Benjamin Wade and Maryland representative Henry Winter Davis, answered Lincoln with a proposal of their own.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Organized Unionist state government in Little Rock, 1864; served as governor until displaced by Radical Republicans, 1868.
From Arkansas Governors and United States Senators by John L. (John Lewis) Ferguson