US History after 1865
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Matt TA mondays 10-11 wheeler 102 graduate seminar room
Chapter Study Outline
[Introduction: Sherman Land]
The Meaning of Freedom
Blacks and the Meaning of Freedom
African-Americans’ understanding of freedom was shaped by their experience as slaves and observation of the free society around them.
Blacks relished the opportunity to demonstrate their liberation from the regulations (significant and trivial) associated with slavery.
Families in Freedom
The family was central to the postemancipation black community.
Freedom subtly altered relationships within the family.
Emancipation increased the power of black men within the family.
Black women withdrew from work as field laborers and house servants to the domestic sphere.
Church and School
Blacks abandoned white-controlled religious institutions to create churches of their own.
Blacks of all ages flocked to the schools established by northern missionary societies, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and groups of ex-slaves.
Political Freedom
The right to vote inevitably became central to the former slaves’ desire for empowerment and equality.
To demonstrate their patriotism, blacks throughout the South organized Fourth of July celebrations.
Land, Labor, and Freedom
Former slaves’ ideas of freedom were directly related to land ownership.
Many former slaves insisted that through their unpaid labor, they had acquired a right to the land.
Masters without Slaves
The South’s defeat was complete and demoralizing.
Planter families faced profound changes.
Most planters defined black freedom in the narrowest manner.
The Free Labor Vision
The victorious Republican North tried to implement its own vision of freedom.
Free labor
The Freedmen’s Bureau was to establish a working free labor system.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The task of the Bureau—establishing schools, providing aid to the poor and aged, settling disputes, etc.—was daunting, especially since it had fewer than 1,000
Matt TA mondays 10-11 wheeler 102 graduate seminar room
Chapter Study Outline
[Introduction: Sherman Land]
The Meaning of Freedom
Blacks and the Meaning of Freedom
African-Americans’ understanding of freedom was shaped by their experience as slaves and observation of the free society around them.
Blacks relished the opportunity to demonstrate their liberation from the regulations (significant and trivial) associated with slavery.
Families in Freedom
The family was central to the postemancipation black community.
Freedom subtly altered relationships within the family.
Emancipation increased the power of black men within the family.
Black women withdrew from work as field laborers and house servants to the domestic sphere.
Church and School
Blacks abandoned white-controlled religious institutions to create churches of their own.
Blacks of all ages flocked to the schools established by northern missionary societies, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and groups of ex-slaves.
Political Freedom
The right to vote inevitably became central to the former slaves’ desire for empowerment and equality.
To demonstrate their patriotism, blacks throughout the South organized Fourth of July celebrations.
Land, Labor, and Freedom
Former slaves’ ideas of freedom were directly related to land ownership.
Many former slaves insisted that through their unpaid labor, they had acquired a right to the land.
Masters without Slaves
The South’s defeat was complete and demoralizing.
Planter families faced profound changes.
Most planters defined black freedom in the narrowest manner.
The Free Labor Vision
The victorious Republican North tried to implement its own vision of freedom.
Free labor
The Freedmen’s Bureau was to establish a working free labor system.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The task of the Bureau—establishing schools, providing aid to the poor and aged, settling disputes, etc.—was daunting, especially since it had fewer than 1,000