HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Slave Narrative, Cornerstone Speech, Perfectly Clear
18 Apr 2016
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Remembering the civil war in the 19th c. The servile insincts of slaves rendered them contented with their lot, and their paient toil blessed the land of their abode with unmeasured riches. Their strong local and personal atachment secured faithful service never was there happier dependence of labor and capital on each other. Eden, and decoyed them with the magic word of freedom" in 1860, confederacy was perfectly clear on its reasons for seceding (cornerstone. Speech) by end of war, northerners came to see war as war for emancipaion. However, by late 19th c & early 20th c, race, slavery, & emancipaion had been writen out of civil war story. By late 19th c, there are 3 compeing interpretaions (narraives) of civil war, what started it, & what all the ighing was about. Using civil war to forward civil rights. War about liberaion of slaves & restoraion of african american ciizenship. Decoraion day , charleston, s carolina (may 1, 1865)
