Hello fellow Americans,
Today we are learning about the founding of America in correspondence with the freedom of African Americans, which also happened in the mid/late 1800's. African Americans started to form the idea that they had certain rights before the civil war. When the North promised slaves freedom if they thought in the civil war for them, it caused an uproar in the south and thousands of African Americans immediately fled. The Declaration of Independence influenced the decision of Vermont to abolish slavery, the same year the document was published. After more states started acting on the freeing on slaves, the northern freed African Americans started developing their lives as normal, civil humans; this is unlike anything they had seen before. Once the Emancipation Proclamation was a enacted, all slaves had free reign to do whatever they may please. This was shocking to the southern states who had never known a life that had free black people in it. It caused many conflicts. The Ku Klux Klan and other associations were constant threats to the safety of black Americans. Although it was hard to live in the segregated life style the Southerns had put forth, it did not stay African Americans from building education systems and extending their knowledge to useful topics. The freeing of African American slaves is one of the greatest historical moments to ever occur in America. This is the turning point of all racial separation. Racism is not over because of this movement, and it never will be, but after slavery is abolished, life in America is never the same. If you would like to read more about this topic, you can visit this site.
Talk to you next time! Hope you enjoyed this post.
Over & Out,
Brooke van den Berg
