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Portrayal of African Americans during Reconstruction
After the Civil War, many white southerners still felt inclined to keep the newly freed slaves inferior to themselves. To do this, several artists portrayed African Americans in a negative, demeaning fashion. These grotesque caricatures featured blacks with coal black skin, huge red lips and freakishly large protruding teeth. Often, these characters wore bad-quality and tattered clothing and would be performing subservient tasks for white people. All of this was done to make African Americans seem less than human and to justify white people not treating them equally. The scenes depicted were often times designed to invoke white nostalgia by showing pre-war white-black relations. These images were seen as peaceful and harmonious, as though pre-war conditions were better for everybody. Although depictions of African Americans changed over time to become less demeaning, these changes were slow and gradual.
The 13th amendment to the United States constitution was passed on September 23, 1862. It freed all slaves in states that were still rebelling from the US as of January 1, 1863. It did not free the slaves in states that were not rebelling (13th Amendment)
The 14th Amendment was passed June 8 and 13, 1866. It protected the civil liberties and rights of freed slaves. Many southern states refused to ratify the amendment (14th Amendment)
The 14th amendment did not require all states to give this right though. This caused all southern states to give this right while Union states did not. To fix this the 15th amendment was proposed in 1869 that prevented all states from denying voting rights based on race or previous jobs (15th Amendment).
Simkin, John. "13th Amendment." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
Simkin, John. "14th Amendment." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
"Slavery and Emancipation." Blue Grass. Blue Grass, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
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Portrayal of African Americans during Reconstruction
After the Civil War, many white southerners still felt inclined to keep the newly freed slaves inferior to themselves. To do this, several artists portrayed African Americans in a negative, demeaning fashion. These grotesque caricatures featured blacks with coal black skin, huge red lips and freakishly large protruding teeth. Often, these characters wore bad-quality and tattered clothing and would be performing subservient tasks for white people. All of this was done to make African Americans seem less than human and to justify white people not treating them equally. The scenes depicted were often times designed to invoke white nostalgia by showing pre-war white-black relations. These images were seen as peaceful and harmonious, as though pre-war conditions were better for everybody. Although depictions of African Americans changed over time to become less demeaning, these changes were slow and gradual.
Francesco Di Caprio
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http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/southern_cultures/v009/9.2james.html
The 13th amendment to the United States constitution was passed on September 23, 1862. It freed all slaves in states that were still rebelling from the US as of January 1, 1863. It did not free the slaves in states that were not rebelling (13th Amendment)
The 14th Amendment was passed June 8 and 13, 1866. It protected the civil liberties and rights of freed slaves. Many southern states refused to ratify the amendment (14th Amendment)
The 14th amendment did not require all states to give this right though. This caused all southern states to give this right while Union states did not. To fix this the 15th amendment was proposed in 1869 that prevented all states from denying voting rights based on race or previous jobs (15th Amendment).
Simkin, John. "13th Amendment."
Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
Simkin, John. "14th Amendment." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
"Slavery and Emancipation." Blue Grass. Blue Grass, 15 Nov 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. .
Danny did the one on the Amendments
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