Feeding the Wolf by Greg Cantrell is about John B Rayner Texas Politician who was born in North Carolina to parents Kenneth Rayner and Mary Hicks who were mixed race. He was a Texas politician who believed that the civil war was what put an end to Slavery. Rayner was born as a slave in 1859 father of Rayner a slave as well and a man from Raleigh North Carolina later was known as leader of nativist anti-immigration. Although prejudice existed against African Americans during this era Rayner was able to rise to public prominence during the other half of the 19th century in Texas. John B Rayner was a politically impassioned politician who exceeded the expectation society extended to African Americans.
Rayner's political achievements are still considered as a success today especially when back in this era where he
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Many white men in the Democratic Party did everything possible to stop the populist which made the votes mess up and prevent blacks from getting any education they even went as far as creating the Ku Klux Klan. While there were many white supremacists everywhere African American's were not able to get anything. Rayner's plan was to end racism and have black and white have equal rights many like Rayner inclined to give education to those in need in hopes of trying to get rid of white supremacy. Race relationships in Texas could have been different it was either to help blacks by giving them an education which happened during the reconstruction the other option was to keep to keep African Americans as slaves. The difference between whites and African Americans was that they only did what they were known to do which was to serve their masters. Whites on the other hand knew and "understood the necessity of keeping their slaves under coercive