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    Union. The period between 1865 through 1877‚ created many questions as to whether African Americans were free or still enslaved. During reconstruction‚ some African Americans were free but others were still slaves. Many African Americans were free during reconstruction. The 13 th Amendment specifically states‚ “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist in the United States.” Considering the fact that the 13 th Amendment was ratified in 1865‚ it is illegal to participate in slavery because

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    by the African Americans through slaveryslavery had finally been abolished. On January 31‚ 1865‚ Congress passed the 13th amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery from the United States. This‚ of course‚ was great news to African-Americans everywhere because now they could become just like every other American‚ right? Well while many black people hoped this to be true‚ unfortunately‚ it was not. While black Americans gained their freedom from being slaves‚ many African Americans in the

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    against African Americans because of their color of skin and ancestry. Activists of the black freedom struggle questioned citizenship because they couldn’t express the same rights as everyone else. “Your freedom ends when my freedom begins.” Freedom is a paradox‚ a vital paradox. As we can see‚ there are limitations to what we can do as determined by the freedom of others including the state. However‚ states can be abusive and interfere with basic freedoms like civil and human rights. African Americans

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    He believed that Government policy had created an atmosphere in which “violence by the African people had become inevitable” and that “unless reasonable leadership was given…to control the feelings of [the]people”‚ “there would be outbreaks of terrorism which would produce…hostility between the various races.” No other way was open to the African people‚ to fight “in their struggle against the principle of White Supremacy.” He refused to acknowledge the decree that

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    experience‚ portraying lives of American slaves living in the 1800s. In the first novel‚ Up From Slavery‚ we heard how Booker T. Washington lived his short years as a slave‚ how the emancipation changed his future‚ and how he became a highly renowned scholarly man. In the second book‚ The Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas‚ we went on a journey through his cruel life as an American slave. We learned how he survived in that brutality and how the influence of slavery effected his future. In these

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    African-American Struggle for Freedom Beverly Garrett Axia College In the early nineteenth century‚ the African American went from slavery to the struggle for freedom. They had to do several activities in order to survive. Even though food affected the lifestyle during slavery‚ with religion‚ soul food like greens‚ and hamburger meat was prepared and grown to help families survive. There were several kinds of slaves

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    The period between the 17th and 18th century is most memorable for the abolition of the Civil War. At this time‚ most African Americans were able to access the American society in many ways. They were able to acquire property after freedom was granted to them constitutionally. However‚ some parts of the south still exercised slavery which was legal. Most of the free African-Americans moved to the North where the prevalence of slavery was less. The African Americans who were freed contributed significantly

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    Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington Questions CHAPTER I: A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES What was one of Washington’s great fears when sent on errands to the mill? One of his great fears when sent to the mill that is was about three miles from the plantation. As he was not strong enough to reload the corn upon the horse‚ he would have to wait‚ sometimes for many hours‚ till a chance passer-by came along who would help him get out of my trouble. The woods were said to be full of soldiers who had

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    Yusuf Bozkurt ALPTEKIN English 102 Research Paper Final Draft FREEDOM FROM INJUSTICE To understand "social injustice‚" we must contrast it with the earlier view of justice against which it was conceived; one that arose as a revolt against political absolutism. With a government that is granted absolute power‚ it is impossible to speak of any injustice on its part. The history of all existing society‚ Marx and Engels declared‚ ‘‘is the history of class struggles‚ freeman and slave

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    Slavery obviously had no small affect on the lives of millions of African-Americans in America. Both the North and South had strict rules on how the race was placed in society‚ rules that placed them far beneath any social class in America. It could be said that even free slaves‚ could never actually be "free" due to a complete lack of social equality granted by the American Government. Blacks were treated as something less than a human being‚ something like a product; this product was sold and traded

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