Transcript AA and civil war Kayla Seider and Judy Huh - Hamilton-Class-WIKI

Kayla Seider and Judy Huh
" In thinking of America, I sometimes
find myself admiring her bright blue
sky-her grand old woods-her fertile
fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty
lakes and star-crowned mountains.
But my rapture is soon checked when
I remember that all is cursed with the
infernal spirit of slave-holding and
wrong; When I remember that with the
waters of her noblest rivers, the tears
of my brethren are borne to the ocean,
disregarded and forgotten; That her
most fertile fields drink daily of the
warm blood of my outraged sisters, I
am filled with unutterable loathing.”
–Fredrick Douglass
Entrance to the War
Changes
African
Americans
Specific Militias
Significance
Entrance to the War
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Contraband Camp
“Once let the black man
get upon his person the
brass letter, U.S., let him
get an eagle on his
button, and a musket on
his shoulder and bullets
in his pocket, there is no
power on earth that can
deny that he has earned
the right to citizenship.”
” –Fredrick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
•Abhorred slavery
•Planned to issue Emancipation Proclamation
•Wanted to keep Union together at all costs
•Wanted unity in the North
•Had a conservative stance
•Encouraged and firmly supported 13th Amendment
(outlawing slavery)
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if
I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it
by freeing some and leaving others alone , I would also do that. What I
do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps
to save this Union.” –Abraham Lincoln
Fredrick Douglass
•Abhorred slavery
•Encouraged black men to become soldiers
•Abolitionist
•Wanted unity in the North
•Recruited over 100 free black for the 54th Regiment
•Saw that if former slaves contributed to the fight,
they could not be denied citizenship in the Union
“Who would be free themselves must strike the blow....I urge you to fly
to arms and smite to death the power that would bury the Government
and your liberty in the same hopeless grave. This is your golden
opportunity.” –Fredrick Douglass
Contraband of War
•Created a developing community
•Used as a work force
•Built fortifications and did other useful work in
northern camps
•Washington D.C. became a refuge for such camps
•Benjamin Butler said that the slaves who escaped
to union lines were contrabands of war and that the
Fugitive Slave Law was not applicable
“Who would be free themselves must strike the blow....I urge you to fly
to arms and smite to death the power that would bury the Government
and your liberty in the same hopeless grave. This is your golden
opportunity.” –Fredrick Douglass
Militias
54th Regiment
Robert Gould Shaw
1st Colored Kansas Infantry
Robert Gould Shaw
•Born October 10, 1837
•Commander of 54th Regiment
•Encouraged his men to boycott their pay until they
were treated with equal pay as the white soldiers
•Killed in the battle of Fort Wagner
1st Colored Kansas Infantry
•Organized at Fort Scott, Kansas under the direction
of James Lane
•Made up of mostly fugitive slaves
•Under the command of Colonel James M. Williams
•Ranked 21st
•Later designated the 79th United States Colored
Infantry Regiment
54th Regiment
•Under the command of Robert Gould Shaw
•Made up of free African Americans
•Half of the regiment killed in the battle of fort
Wagner (Charleston, South Carolina)
•Sergeant William H. Carney became the first
African American to receive the Medal of Honor
•Fought at Olustee, Florida; Honey Hill, South
Carolina; and Boykin's Mills, South Carolina.
Changes for African Americans
Emancipation Proclamation
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
•Issued January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln
•Freedom from slavery
•All persons held as slaves ‘“within the rebellious
states’ are, and henceforward shall be free.’”
•It applied to only the states that had seceded the
Union
•Allowed African Americans to enlist in the Union
Army and Navy
“We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we
cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set
them free. –William Seward
13th Amendment
•Ratified December 6, 1865
•Supported and encouraged by Abraham Lincoln
•Officially abolished all of slavery in every state
•There were still laws that kept African Americans in
poverty and some lead on lives virtually as slaves
•Continued to be discriminated against
15th Amendment
•Ratified on February 3, 1870
•Gave African American men the right to vote
•This Amendment wouldn’t be realized for almost a
century
•South would not let them vote through poll taxes,
literacy tests, and by other means
•Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be when a majority
could vote
Significance
Fight For Freedom
Joining The Union Army
Equal rights as soldiers
Fight For Freedom
•African Americans fought for freedom
•Their first major step in acquiring freedom from slavery
•Partly a cause of the civil war, South wanted to secede because
the North and South had very different view on Slavery. (social
differences)
•The Civil War would provide the chance to even greater
freedoms(voting, land, etc.)
•Showed the discrimination and racism that still ran through the
North and South with “restricted” freedoms.(voting)
•Inferences the change America would go through in years to
come. (women’s suffrage)
Joining The Union Army
•Showed the bravery and courage that African Americans gave
throughout the battles regardless of earlier discrimination and
prejudice from whites
•Depicted patriotism for their country and their will to fight
•Made up 10% of the Union Army
•179,000 served in the Army; 19,000 served in the Navy
•Allowed for them too fight for their rights and gave others a
chance to advocate even more on the rights of African Americans
•Gave the Union an upper hand in numbers
Equal Rights As Soldiers
•Allowed African Americans to fight just like every other white
soldier
•They risked their lives and had just as much of a reason to fight
as white soldiers and even more so
•Equal pay to black soldiers and white soldiers
•Closer to gaining equality not just on the battle field but in
society
•Showed the pride of black soldiers even in the midst of death
and battle (boycotting pay because it was unfair)