Reference no: EM133354618
Questions:
1. According to documents of American Yawp Reader. 1. Freedmen discuss post-emancipation life with General Sherman, 1865 What do you think the purpose of the first through fifth question was? Why do you think Frazier included, "If the prayers that have gone up for the Union army could be read out, you would not get through them these two weeks." In his testimony?
2. Jourdon Anderson Writes His Former Master, 1865
How does Anderson rebuke his old master's offer? What tone does Anderson seem to have in this letter?
3. Charlotte Forten Teaches Freed Children in South Carolina, 1864
What difficulties did Forten face? In what ways did Forten's students impress her?
4. Mississippi Black Code, 1865
Why do you think the fine for vagrancy was higher for whites that blacks? Why do you think Black Codes like this were characterized as de facto slavery?
5. General Reynolds Describes lawlessness in Texas, 1868
To what does Reynolds attribute the lawlessness in Texas? How does he suggest this issue is resolved?
6. A case of sexual violence during Reconstruction, 1866
What about these two testimonies struck you? How does the revelation of Miss Frances Thompson reveal the conditions of the South?
7. Frederick Douglass on Remembering the Civil War, 1877
What does Douglass mean by "There was a right side and a wrong side in the late war"? How does Douglass relate the memory of the Civil War with conditions during Reconstruction?