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Baker, a postmaster in South Carolina was lynched as the United States neared the Spanish-American War. Due to the fact that he was a federal employee some blacks thought that the national government would pay more attention to it. However, the US was more concerned about the impending war. Do you think that if the country was not so close to war that the US government would have done something about Baker?- Megan MC. | Baker, a postmaster in South Carolina was lynched as the United States neared the Spanish-American War. Due to the fact that he was a federal employee some blacks thought that the national government would pay more attention to it. However, the US was more concerned about the impending war. Do you think that if the country was not so close to war that the US government would have done something about Baker?- Megan MC. | ||
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| + | Black men proved themselves by killing white men. According to Washington's speech, it was white men who led them into battle and white abolitionists who were responsible for their liberation. Why were the contributions of blacks to the war only ever looked at in the context of the whites associated with them? What does this say about the racial attitude of the country at the time?-GStan. | ||
