Like Galations 5:1 states, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. ... This means that we should stand firm against everything that is wrong, because Jesus has set everyone free from sin just like the Civil War set slaves free from slavery. ... Romans 8:2 says" Because through Jesus Christ the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. ... At least 38,000 black soldiers died. ... The Role of Blacks in the Civil War. ...

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Slaves were not treated like human beings, but rather like dirt. ... They had feelings and emotions just like everybody else. ... Covey succeeded in beating me. ... Most slave owners like Mr. ... Jim says " she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she always said she wouldn't sell me down to Orleans .en I begin to get uneasy"(Twain 43). ...

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Even though Lincoln knew slavery was wrong and the blacks should be free he still wanted to send them back to Africa or unoccupied lands, again does that sound like someone who deserves the name "The Great Emancipator". Because to me I thought if he truly wanted and respected the ending of slavery he would keep the black slaves apart of the Union where they were free to do what they wanted "in a nation where men were created equal" . To me it seems as if Lincoln was uncomfortable with the idea of having blacks live in the United States and wanted them out. ... As quoted b...

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As long as people remained ignorant about the realities of slavery, they were not motivated to action, but stories like Jacobs' showed the need for reform. "Pity me, and pardon me, O virtuous reader! ... She wanted her readers to understand the perils of enslavement, and try to relate to what it feels like to be owned by another human being. ... "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me....This Fourth of July is yours not mine.... He used the Biblical reference of the enslaved Israelites and com...

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Like most slaves of the day, Frederick Douglass did not have close ties to his family. ... In 1838 Douglass tried again and successfully escaped to New York City posing as a black sailor, he explained, "A new world had opened upon me"1. Fredrick could then continue to fight for black freedom and civil rights. ... This newspaper finally gave the black people of America a voice. Douglass acted as an interpreter for the entire black community and necessitated black civil rights through his newspaper. ...

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Problems like these led to chaos in nearly every direction. ... Let me give you a example of this: The Union wanted equal rights for African Americans, but a lot of the southern states passed Black Codes. ... This signifies to me that he thought the Reconstruction was a disaster. ... I believe this theory to put the black man up higher to hurt the southern white man had no regards for the black man. What really surprised me with this chapter was it jumped around. ...

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Frederick Douglass even served as an advisor to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for black rights to vote and other civil liberties. ... They were treated poorly just like a slave would be treated scrounging for food and huddling together to keep warm at night. ... His dreams of emancipation were encouraged by the example of other blacks in Baltimore, most of whom were free. ... He later wrote, "A new world had opened upon me." ... At times he was treated like a part of a family but then he was again cast out as a slave. ...

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David Crockett Frederick Douglass was a black American, who was one of the most acclaimed human rights leaders of the 19th century. Known to be one of the most famous slavery abolitionists and also became the first black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government. ... Crockett who had family was in fact not as close to them as he would have liked to have been. ... "The joy of my sisters and my mother, and, indeed, of all the family, was such that it humbled me, and made me sorry that I hadn't submitted to a hundred whippings..."... With Douglass it seemed like his employer'...

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Some might still think, what about other minorities, like Chinese and Japanese, they've had their share of discrimination and they're doing great. That to me is an unfair comparison. ... Black's were brought here as slaves, as objects, less than human. ... Adolph Reed says that American Blacks are the wealthiest blacks in the world, but what he doesn't understand is that discrimination in America isn't a world issue, it's an American issue. ... Giving reparations is actully like old masters finally letting go, giving them their other 2/5, making them truly fre...

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In his attempt to gain control of the black votes, Ames surrounded himself with black politicians and made promises of equality and further advancements for blacks. Ames won the election by a landslide, and although this seemed like a huge victory for Republicans, the Democrats achieved an even greater victory when Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, future leader of the Redeemers, was elected to Mississippi's House of Representatives7. ... They were just getting used to the idea of blacks being equal, and then they suddenly see these blacks becoming Senators, Sheriffs, and tax collectors9...

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By birth a black man, but presumed to be sired by his mother's owner, Douglass grew up to show a natural gift of silver-tongued oratory (Douglass 1846). ... "Like so many pigs" Douglass said. ... My means of escape were provided for me by the very men who were making laws to hold and bind me more securely in slavery" (Douglass 1881). ... Douglass, in the car designated for black persons, described himself as nervous but projecting outward calmness when the conductor came into "the Negro car to collect tickets and examine the papers of his black passengers (Douglass 1881). ... "To which I ...

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Frederick Douglass was the most important black American leader of the 19th century. ... However, the prefaces also implicitly place black narratives under the control of white editors. ... It is like Douglass is saying "I exist" this is my name this is how I look like and here you have a document which proves it. ... Douglas described his early self to live like a pig, a property having no right to his own person. ... At that specific moment Douglas undergoes a kind of epiphany, when he said I quote "I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty - to wit, the w...

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Congress wanted Johnson impeached because he refused to cooperate or compromise over black rights and the reconstruction of Southern State governments. ... What I liked about the book was it was an interesting part of history to read about. ... Though what I really like was how they all had different viewpoints and opinions about the case. ... (Benedict 126") Though what I did not like about the book was it expected you to be pretty familiar with the Constitution. ... This book definitely helped me learn more about one of our Presidents but I do not think it was useful for...

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If each slave was counted as a full person the south would have benefitted greatly, but instead they were stuck on the evil idea that African-Americans could not be considered a person like a white man. ... After researching this it is clear to me that the evil lies in a persons hesitance to speak out against the majority unless they stand to benefit. ... After being brainwashed into believing African-Americans were property, many whites were not ready to allow blacks to be completely equal. ... Gordon-Reed is trying to get at the idea that whites are considered to be more trustful than blacks...

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Slave owners would keep these poor innocent Black human beings, making them work in the hot humid sun all day long with out much food or water at all. Some slaves were even whipped like animals, and hardly ever fed anything. If this were to be you in this situation wouldn't you like a way out of this cruel treatment into a land where you can be free and live like normal people. ... If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell, if he could." ... The outcome to all this is that the American Blacks had settled in. ...

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The Black Code of Georgia, Sec. ... He learned from the mistress's husband that the knowledge of a black man was a white man greatest fear. ... They were treated like a piece of property and not human beings. ... Douglass continued to fight for the rights of blacks. ... (What the Black Man Wants, Making Connections, p. 178) Douglass helped shape America. ...

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The coffin is seen passing, the great cloud darkening the land, the cities draped in black, the sea of faces silent and solemn, and the mournful voices of dirges strongly rising. ... "O the black murk that hides the star!" ... The boy was moved, The outsetting bard was thrown into raptures and, in a moment of inspiration, became aware of the mission for which he was born: "Now in a moment I know what I an for, I awake/ A thousand warbling echoes have started to life within me, never to die." He became restless, thirsting to know "the destiny of me", and seeking "the clew" from the waves. ... W...

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He offered bread to the poor little hungry children, "who, in return, would give me the more valuable bread of knowledge" (Douglass 34). ... New York City's privately owned streetcar lines discriminated against blacks, requiring them to ride on the outside platforms of the cars, or restricting them to specially designated carriages that ran less frequently. ...

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Although reading wasn't against the law for Richard, he still had to give away money and steal food to succeed like Frederick. ... Taking away reading and writing from Frederick and Richard is like taking away food from starving children. ... Unlike Frederick, Richard didn't have a person like Mrs. ... "My life as a Negro in America had led me to feel that the problem of human unity was more important that bread, more important than physical living itself; for I felt that without a common bond uniting men...there could be no living worthy of being called human"" (Wright 260). ......

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually...

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"The experience of more than half a century, I informed Pakenham, convinced me that it would be neither humane nor wise to abolish slavery. ... Although popular sovereignty seemed like a feasible plan, it had weaknesses. ... That horrible, hell-black enactment embodied the Virginia principle that every person of color was a slave until proved otherwise. ...

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It was this book in particular that helped me to realize that scope of my research must be wider. ... There were others like the conservative Republican who felt that that would be stepping to far outside of their power. ... McClellan seemed to feel that he was in the good favor of the president, "Although McClellan told his wife that the President was "very affable & I really think he does feel very kindly towards me personally" the two would never meet again." ...

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But Douglass's work shows firsthand the hardships of slavery, and how he overcame his challenges to become a free, educated, black man who's books are still read today. ... It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate. ... On the brink of war, the people like to be informed. Just like our war with Iraq. ...

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Mario Cuomo Life is like a butterfly. ... Christopher Morley The black man who wants to turn his race white is as miserable as he who preaches hatred for the whites. ... It sounded like this: Look. ... Carl Jung Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. ... No one can do it for me. ...

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Like politics, economics, sectionalism, and the constitution, and that slavery was just the match that set the Civil War off. ... They thought that the South would collapse without slavery and that the blacks were inferior to the whites. ...

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