In Chapter 15 of the textbook, I came across an excerpt named “Petition of Committee on behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson.” In this excerpt, Andrew Johnson speaks to his audience about what the true definition of freedom is, being freed from slavery, and restoring lands to their owners. Andrew Jackson’s presidency period was known to be a time where the US had a very racist man be the president. He did not support many things that fell under being a free black slave and given the fact that he was the president right after Abraham Lincoln, he definitely changes certain things that Lincoln had put forth to believe in.
To begin with, Andrew Johnson explains how freedom is something that is for everybody. Right to work, right to own a property,
To begin with, Andrew Johnson explains how freedom is something that is for everybody. Right to work, right to own a property,