@tanehisicoates Crucial context: all 19th century American gov'ts based on patronage. If gov't tried to more (as Grant did), more patronage
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Republican patronage also crucial for giving African Americans access to decent government jobs.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@EricSYellin @tanehisicoates Beyond Civil Rights, Reconstruction was attempt to get state (federal and local) to do things it hadn't before
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