Compromise of 1877: Wormley Agreement Abandons Black Americans
Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats meet secretly at Wormley’s Hotel in Washington to negotiate the Compromise of 1877—an unwritten political deal settling the disputed 1876 presidential election by abandoning federal protection of Black civil rights. Southern Democrats agree to accept …
Rutherford B. Hayes (President-elect)
Southern Democrats
Northern Republicans
Disenfranchised Black Americans
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