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So, just like in ''Amistad'' a different character was used when the historical character would have been perfectly acceptable. In class, we learned that General Benjamin Butler created the idea of the contraband. If you can recall from the movie, Colonel James Montgomery conveniently created the idea of the contraband. I think it's a tad ridiculous that they changed the actual figure for this one in order to, in my opinion, create a villain. The contrabands were also then shown in a beyond negative light, acting as Col. Montgomery called them, "little monkey children." I'm also seeing a pattern of villains burning down homes for no reason. --Kelly Wuyscik | So, just like in ''Amistad'' a different character was used when the historical character would have been perfectly acceptable. In class, we learned that General Benjamin Butler created the idea of the contraband. If you can recall from the movie, Colonel James Montgomery conveniently created the idea of the contraband. I think it's a tad ridiculous that they changed the actual figure for this one in order to, in my opinion, create a villain. The contrabands were also then shown in a beyond negative light, acting as Col. Montgomery called them, "little monkey children." I'm also seeing a pattern of villains burning down homes for no reason. --Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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| + | In class we learned that in the North there were many different perspectives that dictated how Lincoln would respond to slavery and the treatment of blacks. I feel as though the movie did not show the balancing act at all. The movie showed tolerant whites and racist whites, it did not discuss Northern Democrats, the zealots of abolition, or President Lincoln’s strategic approach to emancipation. – Jason Ward | ||
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| + | There was no emphasis on restoring the union like we discussed in class. – Jason Ward | ||
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| + | Would the union army ransack and burn a village in the south regardless of political allegiance? – Jason Ward | ||
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| + | Runaway slaves were not discussed, or at least not properly. Yes, men like trip were runaways, as were many of the other men, but because there was no mention of runaways “not making it” the viewer is led to believe that all slaves who escaped to the North were somehow in a safe haven. Where was the sad reality of the fugitive slave act? – Jason Ward | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
