Gilded Age

How the Compromise of 1877 Betrayed Reconstruction: A Hard-Hitting Historical Analysis of Gilded Age CorruptionIntroductionThe Compromise of 1877 is one of those moments in American history that reads like a political thriller and plays out like a moral tragedy. It marked the end of Reconstruction, the withdrawal of federal protection for Black civil and political rights in the South, and the tacit political deal-making that ushered in the Jim Crow era. This article offers a…