Jefferson Davis stated in the pre-Civil War years to a Northern audience, "You say you are opposed to the expansion of slavery... ... As the opportunity for economic advancement increased after the Civil War, the North felt as though it had done its part and both the President and Congress hastily turned their backs on the new, colored American Citizens. ... With the Northern "victory" in the Civil War, African Americans were forever "freed from the bonds of servitude". ... The amendments to the Constitution had been made, but the whites did not take the time after 1866 to abolish the p...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Slavery was a major issue in the United States during the pre civil war and civil war eras. ... They did helped with the production of cash crops in the south, then the north made goods with what the south produced in their factories. ... A five star general is thought to have a higher social status than a civil service worker. ... There are arguments that slavery was immoral, and that slavery was moral. As always, I have seen slavery immoral. ...

• Word Count: 1021
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. ... In their minds, the North served as their Canaan and is recognizable in certain spirituals, "a distinctive musical genre derived from...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate