Was it seen as a plum assignment? Was their a feeling of possible things reigniting the Civil Wars? Was it perceived as working in a totally alien environment?
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This is a US-centric question.
What do you think of the following? I guess I'll leave Wikipedia-esque summaries:
>John Brown (1800-1859) was an abolitionist from the USA. In 1859, Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today West Virginia), intending to start a slave liberation movement that would spread south; he had prepared a Provisional Constitution for the revised, slavery-free United States he hoped to bring about. He seized the armory, but seven people were killed, and ten or more were injured. Brown intended to arm slaves with weapons from the armory, but only a few slaves joined his revolt. Those of Brown's men who had not fled were killed or captured by local militia and U.S. Marines. Brown was the first person executed for treason in the history of the United States.
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>The Reconstruction era was a period in US history following the Civil War (1861–1865) from 1865 to 1877. Reconstruction, as directed by Congress, abolished slavery and ended the remnants of Confederate secession in the Southern states; it presented the newly freed slaves (freedmen; black people) as citizens with (ostensibly) the same civil rights as those of other citizens, and which rights were guaranteed by three new constitutional amendments. In nearly all the ex-Confederate states Republican coalitions came to power and directly set out to transform Southern society by deploying the Freedmen's Bureau and the U.S. Army to implement a free-labor economy to replace the slave-labor economy in the South. The Bureau protected the legal rights of freedmen while negotiating labor contracts and establishing schools and churches for them.
Further Questions
- What were the positives of these movements?
- What were the negatives of these movements?
- Why did they fail?
(feel free to ignore these further questions, also I'm long out of high school if you're gonna accuse me of fishing for homework answers)
Interested in both non-fiction and historical fiction. What do you recommend?
If there's any new who fans who are thinking of starting classic who and want advice and or recommendations or opinions on how to watch the missing episodes, ask me anything.
Seeking recommendations for books on the Reconstruction Era in the U.S. - my SO and I are looking to expand our knowledge and understanding of what was involved as it's not our strongest area of historical knowledge.
Thank you in advance!
Someone I debated with claimed that black men had the right to vote before they were prevented from it supporters of the Democratic Party. I understand that there was a law ratified in 1870 that forbid voter discrimination based on race, but is there evidence that black citizens actually took part in elections at the time?
I’d enjoy seeing an episode over the carpetbaggers, and the military occupation of the South
I hope he does.
Hey guys, I think it would be really cool if you made a series covering the American Reconstruction Era and how it still effects state democracies today. Many of the topics involving this time period have already been covered by other episodes, especially in Behind the Police. However, my experience learning about the foundations of the cultures and societies of the American South have led me to believe that there is a deliberate and ongoing effort to ignore and downplay the historical use of terrorism, insurgency, mass murder, and democratic institutions in order to suppress democracy and rule American states without the full consent of the governed, partly through implementing selective authoritarianism.
For context, I live in North Carolina, and both of my parents are immigrants from the semi-deserts of northern Mexico. When they were growing up in the 70's and 80's, Mexico was an authoritarian one-party state rule by the corrupt PRI. The modern tradition of institutionalized state corruption in Mexico originates from their time in absolute power, and marginalized communities were essentially lawless due to the lack of government presence. Even through these hardships, the Mexican people are strong and there were many people who still wanted to live in good communities. My mom only went to middle school, and my dad was lucky enough to go to high school.
In their education, they were never taught about how the government worked, what their rights were, or how the laws applied to them. This is a very common tactic among authoritarian regimes, because the less the people know, the less they will realize how exactly they are getting screwed over.
In America, we can all certainly agree that our political and social situation is much better than rural Mexico in the 80's, but I have found through my own research and through the firsthand accounts from my family and relatives that American state governments use surprisingly similar tactics, albeit in less intense ways. I could give countless examples, such as the felony charges for psilocybin and various other drugs with proven therapeutic uses, the constant use of financial penalties for arbitrary crimes such as collecting rainwater and driving with a broken taillight, and many more.
In my personal life, I have never received any formal or informal education on how my state or local government actually works. All of the emphasis in both my Civics class and my AP Government class was on the national gover
... keep reading on reddit ➡I've had trouble focusing on books lately so preferably something more pop history than academic.
I've tried to get a feeling for how the era progressed but it is so difficult in the current political climate to find a relatively agenda free description. On one hand it sounds like the USA was really close to achieving some form of relative equality that would have resulted in the civil rights issues of the 1960's being solved almost 100 years sooner. On the other hand that feels a little bit idealistic to me. Any suggestions for some relatively easy reading?
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Wanna guess the quell? Hint: Some of the people in each pair are not of the same gender! Happy guessing!
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Was it seen as a plum assignment? Was their a feeling of possible things reigniting the Civil Wars? Was it perceived as working in a totally alien environment?
This is a US-centric question.
What do you think of the following? I guess I'll leave Wikipedia-esque summaries:
>John Brown (1800-1859) was an abolitionist from the USA. In 1859, Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today West Virginia), intending to start a slave liberation movement that would spread south; he had prepared a Provisional Constitution for the revised, slavery-free United States he hoped to bring about. He seized the armory, but seven people were killed, and ten or more were injured. Brown intended to arm slaves with weapons from the armory, but only a few slaves joined his revolt. Those of Brown's men who had not fled were killed or captured by local militia and U.S. Marines. Brown was the first person executed for treason in the history of the United States.
>
>The Reconstruction era was a period in US history following the Civil War (1861–1865) from 1865 to 1877. Reconstruction, as directed by Congress, abolished slavery and ended the remnants of Confederate secession in the Southern states; it presented the newly freed slaves (freedmen; black people) as citizens with (ostensibly) the same civil rights as those of other citizens, and which rights were guaranteed by three new constitutional amendments. In nearly all the ex-Confederate states Republican coalitions came to power and directly set out to transform Southern society by deploying the Freedmen's Bureau and the U.S. Army to implement a free-labor economy to replace the slave-labor economy in the South. The Bureau protected the legal rights of freedmen while negotiating labor contracts and establishing schools and churches for them.
Further Questions
- What were the positives of these movements?
- What were the negatives of these movements?
- Why did they fail?
(feel free to ignore these further questions, also I'm long out of high school if you're gonna accuse me of fishing for homework answers)
