Slavery: North During The Civil War

Slavery; North
The North during the civil war era saw no need for slavery as factory production boomed. Most of the workers in the factories were woman and children who worked for a low wage, so slavery was not a hot commodity. The political cartoon to the left is considered a northern view based upon how the north fought for the freedom and equality of slaves. The cartoon depicts the blacks and the whites uniting through a waltz. The definition of Amalgamation is to unite or combine two. In the cartoon at the top we see a large group of white men some holding weapons. These bystanders are southern men wanting to stop the unity but cannot as they are bound from it in their balcony. Carpetbagger: South During the reconstruction period the south began to flood with carpetbaggers trying to help reconstruct the south to the northern ways. The south saw this as a threat to their southern tradition. In the Cartoon it shows a southern woman carrying a huge carpetbag across rough grounds with no shoes at all. Her Dress says “Solid South” Not only is she Carrying a Northern Carpet bagger but she also has Two union soldiers holder her to chains.
Slaves did get the right to vote but their rights were useless, as they could not read the ballot to vote. The southerners started giving literacy tests only allowing slaves that could read the right to vote making the percentage of slaves aloud very slim. The cartoon displays two men waiting at a literacy test booth-stating voter must take the literacy test there. This is a southern view as only the southerners made the slaves take this test. At the bottom is says “By the way what’s that big word” this shows a southern view as it is mocking most slaves as many could not read being unable to vote. Even though laws passed allowing slaves to vote the law meant pretty much nothing, as they could not vote while incapable to read a