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In the NYTimes story on history textbooks, a Texas textbook claims that southern whites opposed Reconstruction because "Reforms cost money, and that meant higher taxes." Is there even a shred of evidence to say that this was a common position?

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In the NYTimes story on history textbooks, a Texas textbook claims that southern whites opposed Reconstruction because "Reforms cost money, and that meant higher taxes." Is there even a shred of evidence to say that this was a common position?	327