Title: The Civil War and Ideas of Freedom | Ultius
Headings: The Civil War and Ideas of Freedom
The Civil War and Ideas of Freedom
The Civil War and path to freedom
Death toll of the Civil War
Freedom as an idea during the Civil War
Looking back at post-Civil War freedoms and success gained
Conclusion
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Content: The leaders who came forth from the Black population described their ideas of freedom in much clearer terms than the white men who fought so ardently for or against slavery. Foner explains, “black leaders brought out of slavery a clear definition of freedom. Asked what he understood by slavery, Garrison Frazier, a Baptist minister…responded that it meant one person’s ‘receiving by irresistible power the work of another man, and not by his consent’” (Foner 586). Additionally, Frazier comments freedom meant “placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor, and take care of ourselves’” (Foner 586). It is remarkable that this definition of freedom is so very similar to the original settlers of the colonies who wanted to break away from Great Britain. Conclusion
Looking back on the Civil War and notions of freedom and racial ideology from both the Union and Confederacy and then the emancipated slaves gives a picture of the concept that is very much tied to the American dream. To be able to work and enjoy the fruits of one’s labor is certainly the spirit of American culture that persists to present day. To be particular about freedom regarding the Civil War, then, has much to do with economic freedom. The outcome of Civil War has left an enduring legacy on modern America, which still struggles with growing pains from time to time. Hopefully, learned its lesson that there will always be fundamental differences among such a diverse population as we have now, and that war with each other does little to accomplish our goals and strive for the American dream.