The Civil War And The Twenty-Negro Law

Regardless that the Civil War was an egregious time period of racist beliefs and segregation, Newton Knight held solid to what he believed was morally correct. In his eyes, everyone stood equal. He held true to his beliefs for slaves by accumulating and leading an immense rebellious group who were gathering to quarrel for what they all believed was right. It caused an enormous conflict along with the already existing one due to the civil war, but it made an everlasting impact towards the end. The disputes lead to the formation of the Free State of Jones. Where all slaves became distinctly equivalent and free, simply like every other person. Few were not thrilled about this. However, numerous were and looked forward to some new changes on the
With this in mind, a new law was concocted. Called the Twenty-Negro Law, it stated that if a farmer that owned twenty or more slaves, could avoid the draft that forced them to fight in the war. Newton and many others saw that this was directed at the poor farmers which forced them to pay the higher taxes. Majority saw this as a massive problem, as they believed this wasn’t right. Newton was a part of the Confederacy at the time, but didn't really want any part of it, along with many others who agreed with his beliefs with him. Knowing he needed a plan to try and stop this erroneous doing, he gathered up all of his people and created the Knight Company. Consisting of one hundred twenty-five black and white individuals, Newton would be their dominant leader. This company sought to come together as one due to their same beliefs and opinions. They would attempt to make their own laws and force a new law that set slaves to be freed. Having a plan, they knew the consequences and how much hard time and effort it would take, but they're so dedicated that they were willing to do
was in a war and needed money and supplies, a law was created called the “tax-in-kind” law. Basically, it stated that Confederate soldiers had the right to raid homes and take whatever they felt like or needed. A definite ten percent tax-in-kind law was specifically set on agricultural products as well. They took things like meat from the smoke houses to eat, corn from the cribs to eat as well, and cloth from women’s looms to use for clothes and warmth. Countless were frustrated and wanted to do something about it. Trying to fight back against the soldiers to prevent them from taking their goods wasn’t the best choice. If they refused, the Confederate soldiers would take everything from the homes. Various others got arrested, and sometimes, but in rare cases, they were killed. Because of this law being established and endorsed, many people questioned the government. Everyone began to see that they government wasn’t about the people anymore. This lead to many gatherings with Newton and his beliefs so they could rebel against the government for vengeance. Multiple people revolted, but it didn’t change much, if anything at all. The only thing that happened was people got arrested for violent protesting and that was about