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In Pre-Civil War America (and during Reconstruction), do we have examples/documentation of white and black people being friendly and interacting in positive ways (i.e. hanging out, eating together, doing friend things)? If so, how common was this in both the North and the South?

by /u/Pete1187 in /r/AskHistorians

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