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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | Kelly’s chapter brings up a point that we have only touched on a little in class. How do current events affect our memory of the Civil War? Did the Great Depression, World War I and II, Cold War, Vietnam and Civil Rights moment affect the memory of Civil War of the people that were living through the events? Does the literature and story telling of the war reflect the events that were going on in the time period they were written in? Are these the most import factors in the memory of the war? Logan T | ||
