Thirteenth floor

How the Freeing of African Americans Impacted America The abolishment of slavery had a great impact on America in 1863. November 2, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as the President of the United States. He was well known for his height and his tall hat, but he was mostly know for the abolishment of slavery. Many problems led to the freeing of African Americans like, the division of states and the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln issued both the emancipation proclamation and the 13th…

The year 1862-1863 proved to be a major year for the history of United States of America. With the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, the status of slavery within the country is hence abolished. Historians argue whether the abolition of slavery is a direct connection to what Lincoln did. Some argue that it was from the pressure of slaves themselves. Allen C. Guelzo argued that Lincoln do help end slavery due to his Enlightenment ideals. He quoted Richard Hofstadter, a person…

The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best in his speech, "I Have a Dream." He quoted," I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." He made this statement in 1963, but in America of the 21st century, are we still being judged by the color of our skin and not the content of our character? I believe that among the African American community, there has been multiple…

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was a seminal document in our nation’s history. Lincoln used the opportunity to try and bring a wounded nation back together, employing several rhetorical strategies in his speech. Lincoln wrote his Second Inaugural Address himself. He had already been president for one term and had just been re-elected. He could have used the speech to celebrate himself and his efforts in the war, which was nearly over. He didn’t. Instead he tried to motivate his…

Brooke herbst Lincoln The year was 1865, it was January and about two month after Abraham Lincoln had been reelected as the president of the United states; the Civil war had been going on for 4 years. It was a difficult time to be president, yet Lincoln took it in strides. He was loved by everyone and could have easily taken the fastest less opposed path to peace, but he had other plans. He planned to abolish slavery and end the war. All of the above described about the 16th president 's life…

The liberation of slaves during the Civil War can be credited to multiple sources such as Abraham Lincoln, religious groups, and the slaves themselves. The Civil War, which took place during the years of 1861 to 1865, was a battle between the southern confederate states against the northern union states about whether the nation would remain whole. The main cause of the war was slavery; the issue was that the Union wanted to abolish slavery while the Confederates wanted to preserve slavery. On…

Juneteenth is a holiday in Texas that commemorates the celebration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, that General Gordon Granger leading the Union soldiers, arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the end of the war and the freedom of all slaves. This event happened two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation by the president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. There have been several versions of stories to explain the two and half years’…

Slavery in America can be explained as a legal institution whereby humans had owners who controlled them and decided on the form of treatment; it existed during 18th and 19th c in America after gaining independence and prior civil war in America.The paper reflects American slavery regarding how it started till the how it ended; the role played by slaves and their masters, the effects of slavery, events that took place and the importance of each event towards slavery Slavery started during the…

Liberty means that everyone has his own choice. Personally, enslaving means taking people, groups, or countries’ choices. Poverty and war were and still the main factors behind slavery; people or countries, who cannot pay their debts or defend themselves have no choice but being properties controlled by others. In most cultures, slavery never rapidly abolished; it always required time for the adjustment of the society’s ideology. A good example is the slavery that black people in America…

From “N Word” to “Thug”: Modern Slavery in the United States of America Or The USA: Land of the Free and the Home of the Shackled On October 7th 2016, African American female director Ava Duvernay released her new documentary “13th” on Netflix, which discusses the American Constitution’s 13th amendment and its ill-spoken caveat: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,…