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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 | ||
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| + | I found it interesting how people, especially white women, perceived African American women. White women were seen as pious and pure ladies while black women were seen as lazy, loud and vulgar. This was especially true once the black women stopped working out in the fields and taking care of his families. This was just another way that white women could assert themselves over black women, even though the black women were doing the same thing the white women were, if not more. --Kari W. | ||
