The reason why I chose the Civil War time frame was because it was a critical moment in American History. It was a war triggered by the issue of slavery and was the first time the country ever fought against itself. Even though the war tore families from the north and the south apart, as an African-American female, I have great gratitude for this war. If this war never happened or if the south would have won. I and so many African-Americans would probably not have the many freedoms we have today
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Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were heroic because they inspired others with their word and actions that ultimately made the world a better place. Even though they died over a century ago, their legacy lives on, inspiring people to stand for what they believe in, even if they ideas are criticized. Even though Lincoln is dead, “the memory of his virtues, of his wise and patriotic counsels and labors, (...) is precious, and will be a power for good in the country quite down to the end of time
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I lived in a time when my people weren’t even considered people. In that time, some of my people acted more civilized than the people who dared to say we weren’t functioning members of society like our lighter skinned, blue eyed counterparts. This time in which I was born in stemmed from a kind of so-called “physical” slavery from the white man to the blacks. I remember I never understood the concept of the physical slavery back in the 1800s as a child. My parents used to talk about those kinds of
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"Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation," said by Coretta Scott King, a civil rights activist. Freedom needs to be repeatedly won. Freedom has led to the end of slavery, having the right to vote, and having the right to have same sex marriage. Freedom is a major event of American history and life. First of all, freedom is not just a one and done kind of thing; it has to be won over and over again. Freedom is perplex! According to the History Channel, slavery started
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people there believed that owning slaves was not right. This difference was one of the main reasons why the Civil War started. The southern states wanted to be able to continue slavery and the northern states wanted to end it. President Abraham Lincoln was against slavery. He used words from the Bible in a speech, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The United States was divided against itself, north and south. The issue of slavery divided the United States. We deal with the repercussions
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Americans across the United States have upheld the nation’s core of identify founded by the fathers of this nation for many generation now. Today, Americans are proud to thrive in a nation where freedom, happiness, and self-actualizing is protected. People all over the world recognized the United State as the land of the free and the land where dreams come true. This great nation has become home for many individuals with different races, ethnicities, and religious beliefs. However, in the 1800s the
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The Civil War in the United States lasted from 1861 to 1865 for four years. The Civil War was one of the most famous and important wars in American history. It is said that there are a lot of causes for the Civil War. However, in my opinion, the primary reason for the coming the Civil War is the slavery. The North and the south had different opinions about the slavery future, and I think that it is the most influential reason for the Civil War. At that time, North and South had different economic
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in order to completely destroy the South. As a result of the post-Civil War condition of the United States, the Reconstruction became necessary to patch the country up and reunite the nation as one again. However, because of the death of Abraham Lincoln, the Reconstruction had only few successes with considerable failures. In the Reconstruction, there were only a few parts and aspects that were successful. For one, the Reconstruction
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The little grand canyon is located in the southwest georgia coastal plains region near alabama. The thing is it used to not be a canyon it used to be a very dense forest.when farmer moved there in the late 1800’s and they started growing the most profitable crop which is cotton. They had to cut down a lot of tree so they could plow and plant their seed in big long row. Just think when the planting season was over for cotton they did not plant anything else so when it rained the soil would wash away
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In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass was an African American slave. He eventually starts his own abolitionist movement. His mission was to gain freedom for himself and other slaves as he was an abolitionist. Douglass being a slave had a slave owner, but the thing is that Douglass has had multiple slave owners not just one or two. Mrs. Thomas Auld, the wife of Master Thomas Auld was a owner of Douglass for a while and is the first person that begins to teach Douglass
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