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blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...

mistresses to look after them."4 As noted, some blacks did believe this and fought for the South, an unsettling idea at best; but ...

about battle strategy or about the lives of those that fought the war. On the surface at least it is about the impact the war has...

choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...

War, more than 3,000 freed blacks were murdered by Southern terrorist organizations. In the mythology of the "lost cause" and the ...

up at the time. As expressed in the infamous Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society (1962), the fear-mongering ...

The American Civil War shook our nation like it had never been shaken before. It was a time...

While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...

to Howard Fasts 1944 novel Freedom Road that until the publications of this novel, it was a widely held opinion among the mainstre...

There were many circumstances that combined to eventually cause the outbreak of the bloodiest war in American history....

This research report focuses on Charles Taylor. Who he is and how this relates to the Civil War in Liberia is the subject of this ...

and ancestral place meant everything"1. This limited view of Lees motivation leads to the assumption that Lee was not fully commi...

In eleven pages Franklin Pierce's life and undistinguished presidential administration are discussed and include his friendship wi...

In five pages this paper examines reasons behind the fighting of the US Civil War in a comparative analysis of James McPherson's W...

In five pages this paper examines the Civil War from the Confederate perspective with the use of Confederates in the Attic by Tony...

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why the U.S. Civil War was fought. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages such issues that are relevant to slavery such as 1950's Fugitive Slave Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, abolitionism, ...

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the South won the Reconstruction despite the Northern victory in the Civil War, discussing st...

In three pages US history from 1776 until the end of the Civil War in 1865 is examined in a consideration of events including the ...

point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...

A 5 page overview of the book Howard Fast. The focus is on the reconstruction era. Although the slaves had been freed, black whi...

that the colony would serve at least two purposes: the first to spread the Christian gospel in Africa, and the second to serve as...

This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...

Blacks have...

Slavery was a component of world history practically since the beginning of mankinds reign on earth....

slaves played a role during the Civil War in eventually seeing freedom is as follows: "By running from masters to become contraban...

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on some questions about slavery and the American Civil War. The author looks at the ...

In twelve pages the Leveller philosophy and movement of the seventeenth century is examined in this consideration that includes ho...

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...