After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

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In this change, the key elections were those of 1868 and 1885. The election of 1868 saw the dramatic victory of Henry Richard at Merthyr Tydfil and the defeat of members of landlord families such ...