Conclusion: Southern blacks eagerly embraced emancipation and, although they recognized that whites might try to restrain their newfound freedom, sought full and equal participation in American political and civil institutions.Evidence: "Let us approach nearer and take a closer view. We will enter the House of Representatives. Here sit one hundred and twenty-four members. Of these, twenty-three are white men, representing the remains of the old civilization. . . . Deducting the twenty-three members referred to, who comprise the entire strength of the opposition, we find one hundred and one remaining. Of this one hundred and one, ninety-four are colored, and seven are their white allies. Thus the blacks outnumber the whole body of whites in the House more than three to one."—Source 14.4: James Shepherd Pike, The Prostrate State

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