Reconstruction suddenly enfranchised a Black electorate that was overwhelmingly working class

Evidence

The difference that now came was that an indefinitely larger number of Negroes than ever before was enfranchised suddenly, and 99 percent of them belonged to the laboring class, whereas by law the Negroes who voted in the early history of the country were for the most part property holders, and prospective if not actual constituents of a petty bourgeoisie, (p. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 962

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Black bourgeoisie’s class interests diverged from Black labor during Reconstruction — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 961; Reconstruction produced real Black political power and measurable gains — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 385; Du Bois saw Black Reconstruction suffrage as falling short of true proletarian dictatorship — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2297 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Black bourgeoisie’s class interests diverged from Black labor during Reconstruction — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 961; Reconstruction produced real Black political power and measurable gains — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 385; Du Bois saw Black Reconstruction suffrage as falling short of true proletarian dictatorship — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2297 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Du Bois saw Black Reconstruction suffrage as falling short of true proletarian dictatorship #complicates (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2297