February 4, 2010

Freeing the slaves was

not as easy as you might
think. What problems do
you think would have
come up when the slaves
were freed, and how
could they be solved?
Homework:

Work on
your
African
American
History
Month
Project
Review
 What do you think is the
Homework: best way to select racial
identities?
 Some people think that
choosing more than one
racial identity at a time is
a growing phenomenon.
Do you agree?
 Hispanic people were
considered white in 1960,
unless they were
“obviously” not. That is
not true today. What has
changed?
The Emancipation Proclamation
 Did NOT free all the
slaves!
 It freed only slaves
in Confederate
territory held by the
Union
 Made it clear that
one day soon
slavery was going
to end
The Emancipation Proclamation
 Ifthe Emancipation
Proclamation did
not free the slaves
why do we say
Lincoln freed the
slaves?
 The Emancipation
Proclamation made
the war about
slavery
Sherman’s Field Order No. 15
 Gave land to the
freed slaves
 The origin of “40
acres and a mule”
 The order was
revoked after
Lincoln’s death by
new President
Andrew Johnson
John Wilkes Booth
 Famous actor
 Southern
sympathizer
 Heard Lincoln give
a speech calling for
the vote for Blacks
and said “That is
the last speech he
will ever give
 It was
Assasination
 Booth shot
Lincoln,
assuming he
would be
thought of as a
hero – He wasn’t
 Booth was
caught and shot
by troops within
a few weeks of
the
assassination
Class work: Reconstruction
 What do slaves
need in order to be
free?
 What legal
protections do they
need?
 What resources?
 In groups, come up
with a 10 point
program
Class work
 Break into groups
 Go to the corner
that most
represents your
point of view
 Participate in the
discussion
 Report out on what
you discussed
Class work  Lincoln
the slaves
freed
 The slaves
freed
themselves
A
constitutional
amendment
freed the
slaves
 Because of
racism African
Americans are
still not free