Reconstruction is an era in United States history that can be defined by the period of time immediately following the Civil war when the Government decided that the defiant southern states could be apart the Union again. In the south, this period can be characterized by freedom for the slaves, but it unfortunately came at a cost. These slaves were subjected to terrible prejudice, unfair laws, and struggled for the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln, the president during the civil war was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1965. His successor, Andrew Johnson took over office and implemented many ideas for reconstruction, he took the idea into the arms of the executive branch instead of the legislative branch, opposing Lincoln’s ideas. He wanted
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By 1877, almost all black southerners broke away from white-controlled churches. These African American Christians built many churches to host many other activities like political meetings, social gatherings, and festivals from the ground up. The church greatly influenced the emergence of schools and education for the African American youth. It was an unspoken truth that education became the key meaning of freedom. Many associations aided in the fight for learning. The Freedman’s Bureau supervised nearly three thousand schools in the south by 1869. The American Missionary Association (AMA) and the Bureau together aided in the founding of many black colleges, like Fisk and Tougaloo. In an interview with Miss Irene Robertson, Grey Green of Riecoe, Arkansas, recalls that the first free school was Pinola County, …show more content…
Sharecroppers were usually broken into families across the plantation owners land. The plantation owner provided them a place to live, and one-third of the profits the sharecroppers produced. This system allowed families freedom from white supervision in a way, and they could set their own hours. Though it had its benefits, there were many freedom-restricting cons of sharecropping. Many of the families would get in debt, because they would need food or have emergencies and this would come out of the one-third that they would be “earning.” In a way, it could be considered slavery, just in a different
By 1877, almost all black southerners broke away from white-controlled churches. These African American Christians built many churches to host many other activities like political meetings, social gatherings, and festivals from the ground up. The church greatly influenced the emergence of schools and education for the African American youth. It was an unspoken truth that education became the key meaning of freedom. Many associations aided in the fight for learning. The Freedman’s Bureau supervised nearly three thousand schools in the south by 1869. The American Missionary Association (AMA) and the Bureau together aided in the founding of many black colleges, like Fisk and Tougaloo. In an interview with Miss Irene Robertson, Grey Green of Riecoe, Arkansas, recalls that the first free school was Pinola County, …show more content…
Sharecroppers were usually broken into families across the plantation owners land. The plantation owner provided them a place to live, and one-third of the profits the sharecroppers produced. This system allowed families freedom from white supervision in a way, and they could set their own hours. Though it had its benefits, there were many freedom-restricting cons of sharecropping. Many of the families would get in debt, because they would need food or have emergencies and this would come out of the one-third that they would be “earning.” In a way, it could be considered slavery, just in a different