HIST 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, White Supremacy
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Arguing that their freedom was being threatened by abolitionists. Dad was largest enslaver in the us (only country in north america that allowed slavery) Decides to pick up guns and start treason, believes he has a right to own property and therefore can do whatever he wants to do on it. Siege of atlanta, atlanta will be a desolation . Sep 2 after confederates fled, sherman won and captured atlanta. Sherman- if you have loyalty to the treasonist you can go south with nothing. Unionist- you can go north and we will look out for you. =said to be an offense to the freedom of white men, women, children of this region. Emancipation proclamation ended slavery (myth) will be on exam/quiz. Border states- did not succeed, was still enslaving people and were still part of the union (missouri, kentucky, west virginia ) Did have control, but didn"t end slavery in these states.
