01:512:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Whiskey Ring, Gm Family Ii Engine, Ex Parte Milligan
18 Mar 2018
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Chapter 15 - reconstruction and the new south. 1)the problems of peacemaking: the aftermath of the war and emancipation i)southern towns and fields ruined, many whites stripped of slaves and capital, currency worthless, little property. Thousands of soldiers (>20% of adult white male pop) had died, people wanted to preserve what was left ii)many emancipated slaves wandered looking for family, work. Almost none owned land or possessions: competing notions of freedom i)freedom to blacks meant end to slavery, injustice, humiliation. Rights and protections of free men also desired ii)aas differed over how to achieve freedom: some wanted economic redistribution including land, others wanted legal equality and opportunity. All wanted independence from white control iii)whites wanted life w/o interference of north or federal govt. Thirteenth amendment (dec 1865) had abolished slavery, but many planters wanted blacks to be tied to plantations i(cid:448)(cid:895)ma(cid:396)(cid:272)h (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1010)(cid:1009) co(cid:374)g(cid:396)ess (cid:272)(cid:396)eated f(cid:396)eed(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s bu(cid:396)eau to dist(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute food, (cid:272)(cid:396)eate s(cid:272)hools,
