ENG364Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Zora Neale Hurston, Jim Crow Laws, Slave Narrative
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American revoluion: declaraion of independence is writen and outlines the atrociies of. Britain and why their independence is needed: one of the worst things they did was inlict their slavery however, this part gets cut, freedom vs a lack of freedom is foundaional in the text. Coton becomes a major crop in the us so they need more people to harvest it. When hariet betcher writes uncle tom"s cabin, it"s a plea to abolish slavery. The civil war lasted very long even though the north had a much greater populaion because the south turned the slaves into soldiers. Failure of reconstrucion when the south has all the federal seats but the republicans have the presidency so the south demands the north to pull out the troops. Harlem renaissance: 1920- prohibiion: they try to ban alcohol. Clubs, sex and drinking went on in harlem.
