The Social Conditions of The

Coloured Population In The USA

During The Civil War

A PRESENTATION BY GROUP 2
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Analyse the social conditions of the coloured
population in the USA during the civil war. Imagine
that you are a civil right activist working during that
time. How can you help improve their conditions?

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 Spread Awareness

During the civil war, we’d spread awareness by:

● Publicizing the issues (newspapers, magazines, posters)
● Speeches at institutions
● Organizing public meetings

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 Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience is the If it has worked for so many

active, professed refusal of a people to gain freedom and
citizen to obey certain laws, independence, it would work
demands, orders or commands for people of colour in
of a government. America.

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 Types Civil Disobedience Acts

● Unofficial Marches, Occupations and Blockades

● Boycotting
● Sabotage of trade and business activity
● Labour resistance
● Breaking unfair laws
● Debt refusal
● Rent strikes

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 Starting A Petition

A petition is is a request to do something, most commonly

addressed to a government official or public entity.

A petition with numerous supporters would force the government’s

hand in giving freedom to the coloured population in the United
States.

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 Conclusion

To conclude, if we were Civil Rights Activists during that time, we

would:

● Raise Awareness
● Perform Civil Disobedience Acts
● Start A Petition

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