HI330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Equal Protection Clause, Reconstruction Acts, Middle Passage
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Was important for scholars in looking in the resilience of slaves. Looked at the journey from the middle passage. Question of whether the right to vote was meaningful or useful to the right for land ownership. Some slave masters felt betrayed when their slaves left. Some refused to accept freedom for they saw it would lead to a decline in their conditions as they thought their masters wouldn"t care for them etc. Bought into the argument that they had been paternalistically taken care of for years. One of biggest examples to do things with slaves in war time. If they remained literate after freedom they would still be enslaves. It would limit their freedom if they weren"t literate or education. Many preferred to have aa teachers taking control of their own destinies. Saw it as their duty to help those of their race. Teach a variety of values lesson and home economics.
