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In fact, there were no loyalty oaths, even applied to people.
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All but one state, texas, was ready for readmission to the Union,
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under this--what actually Foner calls it in his book--
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quote, "Amazing leniency of Andrew Johnson."
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The only major demand put upon them
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was to formally nullify their Act of Secession.
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That's basically all they had to do.
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Now, these were whites-only governments,
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these were governments formed by former Confederates,
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and in many of these states, of course,
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they began to rapidly, in the late summer, early fall 1865,
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pass what became quickly known as the Black Codes.