"The future looks dark, and we predict, that we the are entering upon the greatest political contest that has ever agitated the people of the country-a contest, in which, we of the South must be for the most part spectators; not indifferent spectators, for it is about us that the political battle is fought. The issue is fairly joined."

- published in the "Loyal Georgian," an African-American newspaper, 1866


The quote above BEST exemplifies which of these?
A). The struggle of African-Americans to gain basic political freedoms after the Civil War
B). Northern aggression meant that southerners had fewer rights than northerners during Reconstruction
C). The issue of which candidates were going to be most support of African-Americans during Reconstruction
D). The harsh policies implemented on the South by the North due to lingering anger after the Civil War had ended