HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emancipation Proclamation, Reconstruction Era, Robert Smalls
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The war is over after lee had surrendered to grant at the appomattox court house. Death toll of the civil war is disputed because of varying records and civilians and slaves were never actually counted. American culture put a huge focus on having a good death . Lincoln"s emancipation proclamation had freed the slaves. Total war: union strategy that destroyed cities and farms in the south. Racism did not die with the war and african americans learned that freedom did not mean equality. Enslaved man who lived in charleston, nc and escaped at the beginning of the war to become a national hero. Born to a mother who was a house slave which had allowed her to become slightly educated and in turn pass that on to robert. Learned skills from his owner, sold tobacco on the docks to make money, and eventually was allowed to be hired out and live on his own.
