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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘…Grant’s army, on April 3[ 1865], occupied Richmond. Blacks thronged the streets, dancing, praying, singing “Slavery chain done broke at last.” The next day, Lincoln, heedless of his own safety, walked the streets of Richmond accompanied only by a dozen sailors. At every step he was besieged by former slaves who hailed him as a “Messiah” and fell on their knees before the embarrassed President, who asked them to remain standing.’
— A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition] by Eric Foner
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