Summary Of The Sectional Crisis

The article talks about the sectional crisis in North Carolina and surrounding southern states. It tries to summarize the overall resistance among white men of accepting blacks as their equals in both political and social contexts.“....that the great mass of the white people are being aggravated or forced in opposition by the election of negro delegates to the Conventions, the appointment of negroes to public offices, and the forcing of negroes on the Juries by military orders.”
Even though the article proved wrong the belief that many southerners resented Reconstruction because of the dependence of slavery not only with the economic benefits of slaves but also their social dependents on slaves.

It captures the resentment felt by many white