Radical Republican

noun

A member of the Republican Party or the Radical Republican Party in the United States, who supported Reconstruction as the rapid full emancipation of African Americans and continuation of the martial law regime in former Confederate states.

Meanings

nounRadical Republican (plural Radical Republicans)

plural Radical Republicans

  1. historicalA member of the Republican Party or the Radical Republican Party in the United States, who supported Reconstruction as the rapid full emancipation of African Americans and continuation of the martial law regime in former Confederate states.
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