American Civil Liberties Union

struggle from below often treated as a footnote in most U. S. histories. Some of Debs’ contemporary admirers compared him to Lincoln. John Swinton, after observing Debs address a capacity crowd in 1894, wrote in his weekly paper, Debs in Cooper Union reminded me of Lincoln there. As Lincoln of Illinois became an efficient agent of freedom, so perchance…

describes the aftermath of slavery post-Civil War. Litwack uses primary sources and stories from slaves themselves to not only provide evidence to support his thesis but to give the reader an In-depth look into the horrid and abusive life of slaves before, during, and after the Civil War. Litwack advocated that although the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery, slaves wouldn 't gain complete freedom directly after the war. He argued that even post-Civil War, slaves were still oppressed…

into race relations during the 19th Century, Civil War History, and White Supremacy history. His work More than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a white Republic, 1829-1889, which was published in 2013, examines black activism in the 19th Century, aiming to point out the types of activism the United States saw from the black community, particularly in Boston and the New England region, while also discussing the true desires of African Americans once citizenship was granted.…

a process that involves action of the Congress, the president and the slave. Fredrick Douglass was born as a slave and was earlier a great reformer. He wrote and spoke with passion for the abolition of slavery and for equal rights of the African-American people. He greatly supported the rights of women although he still accused Lincoln for favoring the Negroes (Oakes, 2007). Lincoln on the other side was originally a great supporter of abolition and seemed to favor equal…

battle known as the Civil War. It was a conflict where 620,000 American soldiers died because of the different viewpoints between the North and the South. The years following this great battle molded our nation to become the land of the free and the home of the brave. The next 50 years for the United States of America were marked by the quest for freedom of different sorts, expansion as a nation, and modernization. It began with the hard-fought battle for freedom of the African-American slaves…

progress of society. Since the end of the Civil War, people started to change their perspectives towards liberty of African Americans. Their role is like the mirror that illustrates the society’s understanding of freedom. The view of communities…

ended slavery. African Americans were freed from their oppressors, they were freed of the slave` life, the sexual assaults, the denial of education, legal marriages and many more. With their new found freedom many African Americans didn’t have anywhere to go. They didn’t own land, or houses; most of their family members were sold away, so they had nothing. Novels like Eyewitness to America edited by David Colbert, After Slavery by Baker Bruce, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War by G. Ward…

their families. The end of slavery was the best thing that ever came to slaves but the hardest thing to get adjusted to. The next document is a petition from a convention in Virginia to expose how blacks were treated in America, before and after the Civil War. Blacks are not being treated as citizens of the United States. Their freedom caused a nation to split and go to war. They also helped fight for their own freedom and now being free is impossible because the citizens of the United States…

The Union Falls 1.Explain the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the slavery issue. An abolitionist Harriet Beecher wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin the book. The novel illustrated slavery. Even though it was fiction, it is base on the true reality of slave’s lives. This allowed novel was an eye opener for the northern to see how slavery truly was and empathize with the enslaved. 2. Describe the chaos and impact of the events collectively called “Bleeding Kansas” (including the border ruffians, Sack of…

contrast between the two regions reflected an age of acute social, political and economic sectionalism, which would ultimately exacerbate the nation’s prevailing issues and lead to civil war. Previously, delegates had attempted to resolve disputes through diplomacy and compromise so as not to disturb the state of the Union, but these concessions failed to mitigate tensions and seemed to only engender animosity. Slavery was the great motivator when it came to Southern secession and instigated…