Segregation was initiated by blacks. The freedmen lobbied hard and
long for separate black churches and educational facilities. Nor was
lynching confined to blacks. For instance, a white mob lynched, in
September 1862, forty four Union supporters in Gainesville, Texas.
Similar events took place in Shelton Laurel, North Carolina. The Ku
Klux Klan was the paramilitary arm of the Democratic party in the
South, though never officially endorsed by it. It was used to
"discipline" the workforce in the plantations - but also targeted
Republicans.
The Democrats changed their name after the war to the Conservative
Party. By 1877 they have regained power in all formerly Confederate
states.
http://dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/
Wars/Civil_War/
http://dmoz.org/Society/Military/People/Personal_Experiences/American_
Civil_War/
Cocaine
Cocaine, discovered in 1855, was considered by Sigmund Freud to be
both a powerful anti-depressant and an aphrodisiac. He recommended it
to treat morphine addiction in his tome, "On Coca", published in 1884.
He himself used it for a few years and convinced at least one of his
friends to become an addict.
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