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I learned something new from this chapter! I actually didn't know that such organizations, like the Confederate Survivors' Association, were created. I also (not that this is specifically chapter 7...) liked how Whites included the memorials and the different thoughts, debates, etc. that went into the memorials. --Ashley Wilkins | I learned something new from this chapter! I actually didn't know that such organizations, like the Confederate Survivors' Association, were created. I also (not that this is specifically chapter 7...) liked how Whites included the memorials and the different thoughts, debates, etc. that went into the memorials. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | I found the speech given by Cummings at the end of the chapter to be really interesting. He explains the concepts of the "Golden Age" and the "Iron Age" and how they were polar opposites. The Golden Age was all about peace love and happiness while the Iron Age was hardship. These elite, white men are such hypocrites. They talk about peace and love in a time when they were enslaving people to do work for them and as soon as they have to work for themselves its hard. I bet the African American slaves didn't think the Golden Age was so golden. -- Kari W. | ||
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Before reading this article I did not realize how many choices and responsibilities black women had to their families during and after the civil war. I never took into account that families were often broken up by sales and death. It was all too common to see single black mothers taking care of their children. I was particularly touched by the story of the black women with two children under her arms, another child on her back, a live chicken, a pig and a goat. These women often had to do everything by themselves. –Andrew B | Before reading this article I did not realize how many choices and responsibilities black women had to their families during and after the civil war. I never took into account that families were often broken up by sales and death. It was all too common to see single black mothers taking care of their children. I was particularly touched by the story of the black women with two children under her arms, another child on her back, a live chicken, a pig and a goat. These women often had to do everything by themselves. –Andrew B | ||
