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Great ending, I'm glad that it seems to have gone better than OTL Reconstruction, if not without a price in blood.
 
Well, I didn't expect it to end so soon, but I was very satisfied with the ending! It was nice to see them achieve in a few decades what it took OTL almost a century, and I appreciated the call to action at the end, it's clear you set out to write this with a vision in mind.

Also, I love the hints at the future developments of this world. Now I'll be thinking about that for quite a while...
 
Nooooo, it can't be over. We need you to continue this timeline into the 25th century and beyond. :p

Although quite obviously a somewhat better world than ours in that African-Americans get enfranchisement and legal equality a century earlier, it's very gratifying that things didn't become utopian. There are enough allusions the the fight for equality for other minorities, especially women, will take a very different track than they did OTL. Furthermore, the dominance of the Radical Party makes me think that the fight for economic justice will be just as difficult, if not worse, than it was in OTL 19th century.

So yeah, it was fun. It's kind of weird to have a timeline that actually wraps up, as that almost never happens, so I'm a little at a loss as to what to say.
 
A great TL, and a great conclusion! I am very happy to see such a well made TL that doesn't focus on a worse world, or a dystopia, but a better world. This is something sorely lacking in a lot of alternate history timelines and I commend you on breaking the grim dark trend.
 
Thanks for all of the thoughtful comments about the conclusion of this, and I'm really glad y'all liked it! Also, the last chapter I posted is indeed the end of this timeline.
 
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I think the thing I liked best is it was very plausible. It didn't take huge alterations or ASB intervention, it just needed a handful of small things to trip differently, and several existing currents in late 1800s American politics (Reconstruction, civil rights, metal standards, labor movements, etc) all came together in a way that easily could have happened IOTL.
 
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So, this was a TLIA*?
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Looks like it.

Must say I was rather surprised and disappointed when the story suddenly ended, in a post that didn't even feel like the end of a story, and at a point where it felt like the real story – how the history of the U.S. and the world would be impacted for the next century or so – was only just beginning.

I mean, it was a pretty good TLIAM. Just, it's a bit disappointing when you're expecting the timeline to be much longer and it stops so abruptly.
 
I wonder what would be the differences this would cause to African Americans km the 21st century of our world.

Better question can you continue onwards from here?
 
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