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Lost Cultures and Emerging Ideas
When diving into history books, it is always interesting to think about what is left out and what isn't taken into consideration. The American Revolution is always spoken of as a great feat in the development of American society. What also developed during this era, was a cut-throat racial conflict that ran so deep it created a civil war years down the road. What happened to this part of American history? Does politics have any influence over what we read later in the classroom?
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This piece really created a moment to think upon. The author seems to be confronting the American Revolution, yet the details she gives convey a much deeper revolution. She speaks of "so-called 'grands-blancs'". These people were the large plantation owners, who also owned slaves, who also normally had many different means of creating revenue and were thus wealthy. This wealth stemmed from a cheap labor force. Although the Americans fought a tough battle to free themselves from England, the oppression of African Americans (along with other racial groups) created a much deeper seed to sew. The Revolution of African Americans led to the most bloodshed on American soil.
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To set the scheme, this passage speaks of a ghostly past. When
the American Revolution began, we were merely a massive group of
orphans scattered on a new land. This land had been claimed by the
Native Americans already, but was swiftly taken from them. This piece
explains a new view of the American revolution. How has history
overshadowed the loss of a great native culture by our strong nation
purposefully depleting them? The American way was to seek freedom not
to impose oppression.
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James Cox uses this piece to share his opinion on the development of real history versus the history and literature we are confronted by everyday in the classroom. Harriet Beecher Stowe is used as one example of an artist who piece was ignored in various studies. Meanwhile, he points out that less provocatively true pieces were highlighted even if the quality wasn't as good.
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Evidence for an argument that the oppression and ideas of racial differences spawning during the American Revolution were found loudly in this piece. It speaks of a white man capture and sold for slavery. It is quickly discovered and found odd that a white man is a slave. He is quickly promoted, and the scene is less affray. This seemed to have been one of what were many different situations across the new country that created this "racial drift" that continued on to create such a tension the Civil War sprang about. Where were stories such as this in the history books?
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