AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Preston Brooks, Racial Equality, General Idea
19 Nov 2013
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Why was there this need to prove your honor: you needed to show that you were a man"s man. Especially if you were poor: needed to prove that you were indeed better than slaves, masculinity, race, pride, etc. were all fused together. Scars on a fighter showed he was strong, crazy, and would not back down. Those of african descent though they were human were below them. Blacks would have to pay a bond to live in a community. Union didn"t really fight the civil war for the simple fact of defeating slavery: racial equality was the least of their concern. Northerners didn"t approve in any way the idea of abolitionist. Both the southern and northern society had ways to sidestep the issue of slavery via the constitution: both sides were equally dependent on each other. So why is it that in 1850"s and 60"s no longer could compromise be a feasible option: rhetoric.
