Race, Expansion & War
What did Reconstruction actually reconstruct?
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Martin Kersten | ISBN: | 9783640801978 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing | Publication: | January 17, 2011 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin Kersten |
| ISBN: | 9783640801978 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing |
| Publication: | January 17, 2011 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History - America, grade: 1,3, York University, course: Race, Expansion and War, language: English, abstract: With the formal end of slavery a new phase of the American history began - the so called era of Reconstruction. This period led to radical changes for the black community. In this essay I will try to outline that Reconstruction in the end did neither 'reconstructed' nor 'constructed' a better life, respectively democracy and freedom, for black Americans in the South. In order to do so I will work with examples from the Caribbean Islands like Haiti and Jamaica, where slavery was abolished only some years before, to give a better understanding of the situation in the United States.
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History - America, grade: 1,3, York University, course: Race, Expansion and War, language: English, abstract: With the formal end of slavery a new phase of the American history began - the so called era of Reconstruction. This period led to radical changes for the black community. In this essay I will try to outline that Reconstruction in the end did neither 'reconstructed' nor 'constructed' a better life, respectively democracy and freedom, for black Americans in the South. In order to do so I will work with examples from the Caribbean Islands like Haiti and Jamaica, where slavery was abolished only some years before, to give a better understanding of the situation in the United States.
