The concern raised by African American Republican George M. Arnold when he stated that "it seems to me that we are drifting, drifting back under the leadership of the slaveholders. Our former masters are fast taking the reins of government," was basically the result of .

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George M. Arnold's concern was primarily due to Grant's Amnesty Act of 1872, which restored the rights to vote and hold public office to most of the Confederate leaders who had been disenfranchised after the Civil War. This act allowed former Confederate leaders and sympathizers to regain political power, which Arnold feared would lead to a reassertion of white supremacy and a rollback of the gains made by African Americans during Reconstruction.

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