Irish Civil War

The first article that I chose was America has apologized by Mychal Massie. It gave a history lesson that showed many flaws about reparations and it also points out some ideas that could hold out the reparation idea. One idea Mychal says is that, “The United States didn’t invent slavery.” It gives us the real reason why slavery was introduced that the African people themselves enslaved themselves. The other main point about the reparations is that there are already a lot of African Americans…

The Ultimate Battle 1860 -1877 were years that encompassed major events beginning as early as the Civil War leading up until the end of Reconstruction. After numerous efforts to improve the country and the status of African Americans after the Civil War, extreme developments were made. Although there were many factors that assisted the reform movement, the key developments were mainly constitutional and social. Events occurring throughout the North and South contributing to the revolution…

Similar to another brilliant scholar, Deborah Gray White from the Board of Governs Professor of History and Professor of women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University wrote a concise book titled Ar’n’t I A Woman? This particular book was written in 1999, approximately sixteen years ago from this month, February, which coincidently is Black History Month. As I started this book I read the title and I immediately noticed the title and the way it was written, which of course is the way the…

inequality and unfair treatment began in the 16th-17th century when African American were Slaves to the whites. However, with time, African-Americans have formed movement and amended the laws in order to receive equal treatment as the whites. After the Civil War in 1866, laws such as the 'black codes ' were passed to restrict the freedom of the blacks in the region (Lawson). It was in…

Before writing and signing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln’s presidency was consumed with war and defeat and while the Emancipation Proclamation went against Lincoln’s original pledge “I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists”(The Lincoln-Douglas Debates); Lincoln believed it was the only way to save the union and to reestablish order in this great nation. The Emancipation Proclamation will go down in history as…

The Civil War: Slavery The Civil War started in Sumter, South Carolina in 1861 and it ended in 1865. This is one the most remembered wars in history along with the famous world wars. Not only did Confederacy and ratification play a huge part in the war but the main thing is slavery. Not many people took the time to elaborate on how exactly the slaves felt during this time. How the were treated. How they were mistreated and how they coped until they were able to be set free. Slavery is a huge…

Washington completed narrators explaining the truth behind slavery in the United States. Narrative of the life of Frederick’s Douglas pertains to Douglas struggle for abolishment of slavery. While, Washington’s Up from Slavery arose in the post-civil war era, depicting the success of a former slave through adapting white values and self-reliance. The autobiographies of Washington and Douglas uses their fundamental understanding of; the meaning of freedom, background, and rhetoric devices when…

sides get a part of they want so they can be content. Compromises are a great way to resolve conflict although they do not work all the time. Before to the American Civil War occurred, many compromises were made to prevent the Civil War. However, the differences were far to great and compromises were not able to help prevent the civil war. One of the greatest reasons for this was slavery. Slavery affected national politics greatly in the 1820’s, that the Missouri Compromise was to be made to…

Political leaders have to make vital decisions during wartime that they believe will help their side in their war efforts. The Emancipation Proclamation was conceived as a military order that Lincoln believed would increase manpower in the Union Army. The conditions in late 1862 were grim for the Union Army, especially the Eastern Theatre, as the Confederates won the majority of crucial battles in the war so far. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order that changed the status of…

Does “Freedom” Mean Free? The Union’s victory of the Civil War did not bring the previously anticipated peace to the United States. Instead it led to a period of time known as “reconstruction,” which lasted from the end of the war in 1865 to 1877. This period is significant for its radical reforms mixed with racial tensions and divisions. The North won the war and established laws to integrate equality into society. Meanwhile, the South lost the war but was able to manipulate the system and…