Their tense coexistence revives buried violence and loss, forcing a fragile chance of reconciliation.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Yet the South soon got up off its feet and reasserted the plantation ethos, while the North surrendered the cause of racial equality in the name of national reconciliation.
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