In the gubernatorial election of 1876 in South Carolina, the Red Shirts were a paramilitary brigade associated with South Carolina's Democratic party that worked to scare off Republican voters prior to the election so as to stop the integration of society.
It is, in fact, a great example that proves the racist influences of the Confederate government.
No, it doesn't. Instead the Bill of Rights makes sure that the power that the government has over Society is limited. It makes sure that civilians have their liberty.
It grants citizenship to "all people born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War.
