Civil Rights And Slavery: African Americans After Civil War
Roxanne Pink
Mr. Leech
AP World History
01 January 2001
Civil Rights and Slavery: African Americans After the Civil War
“This is a white man’s country; let white men rule!”(Bolden 19), declared our fourteenth President, Andrew Johnson, after the Civil War. Slavery had existed legally, as a form of brutal labor on America 's land since 1619, when slaves were first brought to the colony of Jamestown (“Slavery in America”). During the process of research, one may find that the controversies about slavery in the United States led to one of the most cataclysmic battles ever in American History, the American Civil War. The most important, intentional reason for this gruesome war was to end slavery by granting slaves …show more content…
For example, sharecropping was a policy that soon became the “dominant labor system” (Bolden 39). According to Claudine Ferrell, “A white landowner would provide land for black workers who would receive a percentage of the harvest that they worked on, instead of wages” (71). This unfair practice kept African Americans in low-paying jobs, not to mention, offered no economic freedom, which caused it to become immensely troublesome to provide for oneself and one’s family. As Ferrell writes, “Although the sharecropper was free to leave the land, in many circumstances they didn’t have sufficient money and owed the landowner an excess of any profit made from working the land, therefore most were in debt and ordered to stay on the land until the sharecropper had paid the due amount” (72). Sharecropping can be compared with slavery and its injustices, due to the small amount of money one received for this burdensome …show more content…
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“The Eighteen-hundred and seventy-five Civil Rights Act.” Reconstruction: the Second Civil War: 22 July 2014 (http://www.PBS.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/ps-1875.html). Web.
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“Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.” Primary Documents in American History: 22 July 2014 (http://www.loc.gov/RR/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html). Web.
Kelly, Martin. “Top Five Causes of the Civil War.” About American History : 15 Jan. 2014 (http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause). 22 July 2014.
Mr. Leech
AP World History
01 January 2001
Civil Rights and Slavery: African Americans After the Civil War
“This is a white man’s country; let white men rule!”(Bolden 19), declared our fourteenth President, Andrew Johnson, after the Civil War. Slavery had existed legally, as a form of brutal labor on America 's land since 1619, when slaves were first brought to the colony of Jamestown (“Slavery in America”). During the process of research, one may find that the controversies about slavery in the United States led to one of the most cataclysmic battles ever in American History, the American Civil War. The most important, intentional reason for this gruesome war was to end slavery by granting slaves …show more content…
For example, sharecropping was a policy that soon became the “dominant labor system” (Bolden 39). According to Claudine Ferrell, “A white landowner would provide land for black workers who would receive a percentage of the harvest that they worked on, instead of wages” (71). This unfair practice kept African Americans in low-paying jobs, not to mention, offered no economic freedom, which caused it to become immensely troublesome to provide for oneself and one’s family. As Ferrell writes, “Although the sharecropper was free to leave the land, in many circumstances they didn’t have sufficient money and owed the landowner an excess of any profit made from working the land, therefore most were in debt and ordered to stay on the land until the sharecropper had paid the due amount” (72). Sharecropping can be compared with slavery and its injustices, due to the small amount of money one received for this burdensome …show more content…
Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America 1865-1900. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print.
Bolden, Tonya. Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877, 1st Ed. New York: Random House Publishing Group, 2005. Print.
“Did the Civil War Really End Slavery?” Yahoo: 23 July 2014 (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index). Web.
Dudley, William. Reconstruction. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press. Publishing Group, 2003. Print.
“The Eighteen-hundred and seventy-five Civil Rights Act.” Reconstruction: the Second Civil War: 22 July 2014 (http://www.PBS.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/ps-1875.html). Web.
Ferrell, Claudine L. Reconstruction. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. Print.
“Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.” Primary Documents in American History: 22 July 2014 (http://www.loc.gov/RR/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html). Web.
Kelly, Martin. “Top Five Causes of the Civil War.” About American History : 15 Jan. 2014 (http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause). 22 July 2014.