The Civil War Of The American South

This is proof that this terrible act was very typical within slaveholding societies. Now, just because this relationship seems usual in the south, it does not mean everyone condoned it. The wives of many slave owners proved they were not okay with a white male and a black female relationship by the way they acted with “anger and resentment” towards other slaves (McLaurin, 26). Wives chose to ignore this behavior simply because if they didn’t, not only would their lives be in danger, but so would their children’s.

Soldiers of the American Civil War were overwhelmed by a time where weaponry and technological developments were thriving. This brutal war changed the soldiers, both mentally and physically, and continued to have an impact throughout their entire lives. There were not only many deaths during the war, but also prior to the war as many soldiers took their own life. They would experience disturbing thoughts and events in their mind that could not be explained until they became known as mental illnesses. The exploration of psychological disorders following the Civil War improved medical diagnostic tools and the way patients were treated which transformed the treatment of mental illness by creating new ways of discovering illnesses, treating patients, and developing the foundation for the future of psychology throughout America.

A Civil War is a battle between the same citizens in a country. The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the independence for the Confederacy or the survival of the Union. By the time Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1861, in the mist of 34 states, the constant disagreement caused seven Southern slave states to their independence from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, generally known as the South, grew to include eleven states. The states that remained devoted to the US were known as the Union or the North. The number one question that is never completely understood about the Civil War is what caused the war. There were multiple events that led to the groundbreaking, bloody, and political war.

Abraham Lincoln once stated “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln is a hero for the citizens of America because his determination and courage to ending slavery even if it meant war caused peace in this nation. Slavery was the vital cause of the American Civil War. The north and the south both had their differences on how to run the country. People in the North believed in unity and that slavery should not exist because “all men are created equally.” On the other hand, the South believed in continuing slavery. People tried to talk it out and come to a middle ground after both sides compromising, however that didn’t work and caused war. Ideological differences were a vital role to making the American Civil War an inevitable event.

The slave owner’s exploitation of the black woman’s sexuality was one of the most significant factors differentiating the experience of slavery for males and females. The white man’s claim to the slave body, male as well as female, was inherent in the concept of the Slave Trade and was tangibly realized perhaps no where more than the auction block. Captive Africans were stripped of their clothing, oiled down, and poked and prodded by potential buyers. The erotic undertones of such scenes were particularly pronounced in the case of black women. Throughout the period of slavery in America, white society believed black women to be innately lustful beings. The perception of the African woman as hyper-sexual made her both the object of white man’s abhorrence and his fantasy. Within the bonds of slavery, masters often felt it was their right to engage in sexual activity with black women. Sometimes, female slaves made advances hoping that such relationships would increase the chances that they or their children would be liberated by the master. Most of the time, slave owners took slaves by force.

When the American Civil War began in the spring of 1861, those flocking to enlistment stations in states both north and south chiefly defined their cause as one of preservation. From Maine to Minnesota, young men joined up to preserve the Union. From Virginia to Texas, their future foes on the battlefield enlisted to preserve a social order, a social order at its core built on the institution of slavery and racial superiority . Secession had not been framed by prominent Southerners like Robert Toombs as a defensive measure to retain the fruits of the revolution against King George, a fight against those who sought to “intrique insurrection with all its nameless horrors.” (Toombs Speech) On January 1, 1863, when Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect the war became a revolution. The Union, the soldiers in blue fought to preserve could no longer exist. On every mile of soil, they would return to the Stars and Stripes from that moment on, the fabric of society would be irrevocably changed. In May of 1865, with the abolition of slavery engrained into the Constitution with the passage of the 13th Amendment, the Confederate armies of Lee and Johnston disbanded, and Lincoln dead of an assassin’s bullet; this change was the only certainty the torn fabric of the newly reunited states was left to be resown. Andrew Johnson and Southern Democrats believed the revolution of 1863 had gone far enough. Radical Republicans and African-Americans sought instead to bring it to

The war produced about 1,030,000 casualties, including about 620,000 soldier deaths—two-thirds by disease, and 50,000 civilians. The war accounted for roughly as many American deaths as all American deaths in other U.S. wars combined.

During Reconstruction, African American citizens emerged, upsetting the once divided line between slave and master; causing wealthy white women to lose their status and black women to find a new position within their freedom. Feimster explicitly explains the false stereotypes that emerged after the civil war, like that of the “black rapist,” and laws that were put in place against interracial marriage, the ownership of guns, and forced

Throughout the course of the semester, we have covered how sexual violence is a tool used by white men, as a way to keep those who they have deemed unworthy, beneath them. Ultimately, the pieces of film and literature presented in class are all becoming connected to one another, and is laying out a more superior story than originally perceived. Without much thought, these five sources may not seem to be associated with each other, although, when one critically analyzes the information presented more meticulously more doors of understanding become unlocked. Which is fascinating since some of these stories had taken place long before the end of the Civil War, while others have been occurring all the way up till the twenty-first century,

During the nineteenth century, white mistresses and enslaved women struggled to acquire agency in an antebellum economically driven apparatus. Although these women encountered varying experiences, they intersected at the male and masculine hegemony that draped their

In 1861, a horrific war began. Nobody had any idea that this war would become the deadliest war in American history. It wasn’t a regular war, it was a civil war opposing the Union in the North and the Confederate States in the South.. The Civil War cost many people’s lives on the battlefield and beyond. In addition it cost an extreme amount of money for the nation which possibly could have been avoided if the war had turned to happen a little differently.

Examining the links between sexuality and power in a system of interlocking race, gender, and class oppression should reveal how important controlling Black women's sexuality has been to the effective operation of domination overall. The words of Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, and Alice Walker provide a promising foundation for a comprehensive Black feminist analysis.

The notion is accepted that Black men harbor irresistible and animal-like sexual urges, the entire race is invested with bestiality. If Black men have their eyes on White women as sexual objects, then Black women must certainly welcome the sexual attentions of White men. Viewed as loose women and whores, Black women's

Some interracial sexual contact persisted, however, both on and off the plantation. On the plantation, interracial sex occurred between frequently unwilling black female slaves and white male slaveowners and overseers. Off the plantation, we have considerably less information about interracial activities, but clearly, interracial unions must have been less coercive outside of the slavery

When our nation was divided because of skin color, dating someone who was not of the same complexion was seen as a criminal act. Interracial relationships between white Americans and African Americans, when slavery was still legal, was seen as taboo, and many attempted to prevent them from occurring. Laws were passed prohibiting personal relationships between the two cultures, which many paid little attention to. Relationships between white men and enslaved women, and black men and white women affected them in numerous ways. The power dynamic in the south was a key element in the treatment the enslaved partners received, and the legal repercussions affected both white and black greatly. Fay Yarbrough paints a picture in her article, “Power, Perception, And Interracial Sex: Former Slaves Recall A Multiracial South”, that shows how white males and females used the legal power they possessed to have the upper hand on their colored partners. She explains that while many free whites and their enslaved companions had consensual relationships, slaves ultimately had no choice; at the end of the day, they were legally considered to be property and had to do what their masters asked. Jason A. Gillmer, author of “Base Wretches and Black Wenches: A Story of Sex and Race, Violence and Compassion, During Slavery Times”, describes how even though interracial relationships were frowned