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What would it take for reconstruction to be successful? Success is here defined as:
1. Full legal equality between blacks and whites in the south (or at least basic protections, so whites can't just kill blacks and get away with it)
2. Land reform of the big plantations to benefit freed slaves and poor whites
3. The creation of a stable and secure black middle class that is not forced to limit its business to its own community.