Yes, but any and all agreements made during reconstruction were made under coercion, and as such do not stand the test of being legally binding.
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‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’ ~ Mahatma Ghandi, "Gandhi, An Autobiography", page 446
‘‘The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun.’’ ~ Patrick Henry
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