Which of the following was a reason radical republicans sought harsh punishments against the former confederate states? a. they believed sharecropping was unconstitutional. b. they wanted to industrialize the southern economy. c. they thought it was the quickest route to reunification. d. they considered the practice of slavery to be a crime.

The correct response is Option D. They considered the practice of slavery to be a crime.

Explanation:

The Radical Republicans were a faction of the Republican party who were passionately opposed to slavery and who sought to eradicate it. They are an influence in national politics from 1854 (before the civil war began) to 1877 when Reconstruction ended. They were never formally organized so there was movement in terms of who was allied with the. An example of one of the more prominent Radical Republicans was Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens.

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the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.