Freedom Day: February 1rst's Journey To Freedom
Every year on February 1rst we celebrate Freedom Day. This day promotes equality throughout America, and it reminds America not to take equality and freedom for granted. However this day wouldn't be signed and granted if it wasn't for all the slaves and people that fought for their rights, not only the African-Americans but everyone else who helped throughout the journey to acquire freedom and equality. The first attempt in freedom for the slaves was in the 1600’s when slaves had organized in groups to try and overpower their landowners or sometimes just try to escape from a plantation. These acts of bravery shown by the slaves contradicted what most slave owners thought of the enslaved people because most landowners believe the slaves were
content with enslavement. This caused many white people and landowners to change their opinion on slavery. Then going into the 19th century slavery became a very schismatic issue because many states began to part from slavery, but many still kept slavery legal in their states as well. A few years later, 1861 to be exact, the war that ended slavery broke out, the Civil war. This war derived from the conflict between the South and the North over slavery. Since slavery had already been outlawed in the North president Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation which said that slavery would be outlawed in the south as well. President Lincoln pushed for this amendment to be signed, which then we come to find out that his hard work had paid off and the amendment was signed on February 1. With slavery coming to an end, I have come down to the decision that the most important aspect to understand about Freedom day is the Civil war. The Civil war showed what kind of force and struggle the slavery had to export and endure just to earn their freedom. When we celebrate Freedom day we must look back and cherish what president Lincoln had done for those African American slaves. All in all, the three centuries it took for the slaves to earn their freedom from slavery was long and hard in which they had endured pain, agony and loss shows how strong of a nation we live in and what type of conflict our country can go through. When we look upon this day we must focus on all the pain not just to learn about the slaves, but more importantly to make sure history doesn't repeat itself.
content with enslavement. This caused many white people and landowners to change their opinion on slavery. Then going into the 19th century slavery became a very schismatic issue because many states began to part from slavery, but many still kept slavery legal in their states as well. A few years later, 1861 to be exact, the war that ended slavery broke out, the Civil war. This war derived from the conflict between the South and the North over slavery. Since slavery had already been outlawed in the North president Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation which said that slavery would be outlawed in the south as well. President Lincoln pushed for this amendment to be signed, which then we come to find out that his hard work had paid off and the amendment was signed on February 1. With slavery coming to an end, I have come down to the decision that the most important aspect to understand about Freedom day is the Civil war. The Civil war showed what kind of force and struggle the slavery had to export and endure just to earn their freedom. When we celebrate Freedom day we must look back and cherish what president Lincoln had done for those African American slaves. All in all, the three centuries it took for the slaves to earn their freedom from slavery was long and hard in which they had endured pain, agony and loss shows how strong of a nation we live in and what type of conflict our country can go through. When we look upon this day we must focus on all the pain not just to learn about the slaves, but more importantly to make sure history doesn't repeat itself.