Sydney Blanson
Mrs.Boloyan & Ms.Thorne
Humanities 11
30 October 2012
African American Accomplishments
Have you ever had an accomplishment that changed someone’s opinion about you or maybe changed yourself? The African American era was important because the most important aspects of Reconstruction was the active participation (including thousands of former slaves) in the political, economic and social life of the South.
There were many things that the Africans Americans accomplished. The first accomplishment was the invention of publishing books, newspapers, and pamphlets. Many of the African American had to talk to each other when they couldn’t see each other. Many of the published books were by authors that wrote only from their beds and thought there stuff would never be published. A lot of them started off as newspaper boys but ended up working with the newspaper companies. Most of the African Americans accomplished what they dreamt of or what they were able to do.
Second accomplishment the African Americans was fighting against the concept of sending freed slaves back to Africa. The African Americans started off as small groups that got together to make sure they wouldn’t get shipped to Africa for any reason. They fought against the racism, hardships, and negativity of the surroundings around them that were spitting lies and being despiteful. A lot of them tried to talk to the government but wouldn’t allow them in. Eventually the whites never got permission to send them back and it was another victory they have won.
The last and most effective and precisely accomplishment the African Americans did were tying themselves to religious leaders. They tied themselves to Charles G. Finney a political leader and Theodore Dwight Weld a jurist and an educator. They knew if they got close with them they would be more than welcomed to help them out. Charles and Theodore wanted to help the African Americans as much as they can so they linked their religion to abolition. By doing this they wanted to pass the law of ending slavery, which was a part of the First Great Awakening. The law for Africans Americans to be free was 1856. However, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, declaring the following: slaves within any State, or designated part of a State .. then . in rebellion, .shall be then, hence forward, and forever free.
African Americans had a better outcome than what a lot of people expected back in the 1800’s. They all had hope into each other and knew if they set their mind to it, it would all happen. Even though you weren’t apart of their journey, you can learn from their different stories and abilities to accomplish what they feared. The strongest and the weakest at times the African Americans accomplished life and made history for us to learn and pass on.
Mrs.Boloyan & Ms.Thorne
Humanities 11
30 October 2012
African American Accomplishments
Have you ever had an accomplishment that changed someone’s opinion about you or maybe changed yourself? The African American era was important because the most important aspects of Reconstruction was the active participation (including thousands of former slaves) in the political, economic and social life of the South.
There were many things that the Africans Americans accomplished. The first accomplishment was the invention of publishing books, newspapers, and pamphlets. Many of the African American had to talk to each other when they couldn’t see each other. Many of the published books were by authors that wrote only from their beds and thought there stuff would never be published. A lot of them started off as newspaper boys but ended up working with the newspaper companies. Most of the African Americans accomplished what they dreamt of or what they were able to do.
Second accomplishment the African Americans was fighting against the concept of sending freed slaves back to Africa. The African Americans started off as small groups that got together to make sure they wouldn’t get shipped to Africa for any reason. They fought against the racism, hardships, and negativity of the surroundings around them that were spitting lies and being despiteful. A lot of them tried to talk to the government but wouldn’t allow them in. Eventually the whites never got permission to send them back and it was another victory they have won.
The last and most effective and precisely accomplishment the African Americans did were tying themselves to religious leaders. They tied themselves to Charles G. Finney a political leader and Theodore Dwight Weld a jurist and an educator. They knew if they got close with them they would be more than welcomed to help them out. Charles and Theodore wanted to help the African Americans as much as they can so they linked their religion to abolition. By doing this they wanted to pass the law of ending slavery, which was a part of the First Great Awakening. The law for Africans Americans to be free was 1856. However, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, declaring the following: slaves within any State, or designated part of a State .. then . in rebellion, .shall be then, hence forward, and forever free.
African Americans had a better outcome than what a lot of people expected back in the 1800’s. They all had hope into each other and knew if they set their mind to it, it would all happen. Even though you weren’t apart of their journey, you can learn from their different stories and abilities to accomplish what they feared. The strongest and the weakest at times the African Americans accomplished life and made history for us to learn and pass on.