African Americans and Freedom
After the civil war, there were many problems left to be solved. Thousands of land and many transportation means were destroyed, millions of soldiers diminished, the Southern economy was ruined, and freed blacks who have no idea what to do with their freedom were the results as well as the problems left from the war. Reconstruction was the answer but even though it started out right in the beginning, it certainly didn't last nor was very successful. Spanning from1865 to 1877, the efforts of reconstruction failed economically and socially. The problems of the postwar South were widespread and severe. Public structures, private homes, and farm buildings had been burned, railroad tracks uprooted, cotton gins wrecked, and the earth scorched in many sections of the defeated land. Perhaps the most important result of the Civil War was the emancipation of nearly 4 million Southern slaves. The sudden release of so many peo
its ground purpose being to establish a nucleus around which "the adherents of the late rebellion might safely rally. DuBoise explains in a section of his book how it was for the African Americans in this time period and their struggles with the white men in society. "Negroes who wanted to work must not dabble in politics. They had no basic skills or training. White men and women still refused to accept the fact that these people were in fact humans who should have rights. Southern white men were also a big part of the problem. Another problem was many white Southerners feared the liberated slaves would rise in to a bloody revolt. The question was how could anyone get ahead in that society? The former slaves were sent out into a world which they had no idea about. Negroes who wanted to increase their income must not agitate the Negro problem. I works for Marse John just the same for a long time. " This war, which was aimed at confronting the national problem of slavery, only led to dilemmas over emancipation and an undefined condition of freedom.
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