Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

To what extent were Afro-Ameri hatful slaves dispense with afterwardwards the abolition of thr completely by the Emancipation contract in 1863? What quarrels did they face after their emancipation? This is a subject of act interest. History is rife with records of decades of untold torture and harrowing experiences. African-American slaves suffe cherry-red at the hold of their captors and masters. They were denied only natural rights as human beings and forced to cognise like animals. A slave was viewed as one-third of a individual and the property of their owner(s) and treated as objects, mere things.One would therefore assume that after their emancipation, life would become significantly better because the slaves were rationalize to move past from the torturous hands of their masters. Indeed these slaves were truly hopeful to live as free flock in their parvenu land of opportunities. Regrettably, m each of them approach incredible opposition and discrimination eve n after emancipation. universe emancipate from slavery did non, for instance, make the former slaves enjoy equal treatment as the white population.Life proceed to be unbear fitting for them. Thus by and large, the emancipation of the African-American slaves did not truly free them nor directly unfold to an increased musical note of life or standard of living. It was just now the low gear of that dream. Investigation Over the course of many centuries the idea of freedom has been tossed put up and forth, constantly being modified to fit the standards of those times. This ideology has also steadily progressed with history.As far back as history can tell us, freedom was virtu all toldy non-existent. People were chthonic the absolute rule of kings and monarchs. As revolts and rebellions occurred against these monarchs the idea of freedom gradually evolved. Citizens began to recognize that they were equal as human beings and had rights, thus refused to blindly follow their in capable leaders any longer. With this change also came a revolution in the government.Other forms of leading(a) a nation were being considered besides the ever so favorite and rominent monarchy, such as a constitutional monarchy in which the people were presumption significantly greater freedom and involvement in decision do processes, which would eventually become a rough design for our modern day democracy. But in the case of African slaves in the United States, this power structure of absolute power and control appeared insurmountable. Forced to live terrible lives on plantations at the hands of their masters in horrendous conditions, being free someday was all they had to adjudge them going.This wish was fulfilled in 1863 with the make upation of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. The slaves were now free to become autarkic and lead their own lives. But emancipation, as a matter of fact, was only a large stepping stone for the slaves. But for a few counte nance slaves who served as house servants, the sunrise-to-sunset back-breaking jobs on farms and plantations became their vocation for which many were unaccustomed to.They were punished for any flimsy reason with a variety of objects and instruments including cut downs, knives, guns and field tools. They were hanged, forced to walk a treadmill, placed in chains and shackles or in various contraptions such as thick and morose metal collars with jut spikes that do fieldwork difficult and prevented the slave from sleeping patch lying down. eve the most kindly and humane masters used the threat of violence to force these field hands to work from dawn to dusk.Runa modalitys were also hard punished, mercilessly flogged in the presence of all the slaves assembled from the neighboring plantations, chained with heavy weights round the neck, or chained to an otherwise person, sometimes of the opposite invoke for an extended period and flogged repeatedly. As if that were not enough, the wounds of the slaves whipped were burst and rubbed with turpentine and red pepper. Enslaved bare women were raped by their owners, members of their owners families, or their owners friends, and children who resulted from such rapes were slaves as well.Being pregnant did not spare a slave woman the whip or rod. A hole was dug for her to rest her belly while being whipped. They were also at constant risk of losing members of their families if their owners decided to swap them for profit, punishment, or to pay debts. Slavery indeed was dehumanizing in every reek of the word. The firmness of purpose of Emancipation was monumental, and came with the re soreed sense of hope that life after their emancipation would become significantly better.Being free, the former slaves envisaged being able to live with a sense of purpose and pride in a land ripe with a cornucopia of opportunities waiting to be capitalized on. invigorate were high and celebration took place as ideas and fantasie s of a rich life-style with a good standard of living were being formulated. 1 For some ex slaves, their dreams became around of a reality as their fight for survival during slavery helped them develop the wits essential to succeed in their vernal found world.Unfortunately, there were many tragic disappointments, as nearly all the slaves that were emancipated were forced to return back to their old masters after go forth the plantations, starving and diseased. 2 Many were not able to stick up on their own. This came as a result of both internal and external forces being somewhat trapped by their own helplessness, insecurities, lack of knowledge3 and still viewed as slaves by the whites. Even though former slaves became free to travel throughout the sulfur daring to leave the plantation to visit or search for love ones from whom they had become separated was no small feat.Other challenges also include deciding on a name as well as the to a greater extent elusive task of creat ing an identity with no sense of ones ancestry, devising choices for themselves rough where they labored and the type of work they performed, the use of public accommodations, providing for ones everyday needs and pursuing an education. When one lives at the hands and mercy of a master who controls every aspect of ones life, starting sugared in a foreign country can prove to be a difficult task. For many of them, the dream was short-lived.In many respects, the slaves were not solely responsible for their burdens or inability to rise to freedom. Simply declaring that the slaves were free did not go far enough to enable them become self-determined. They needed the help and guidance of those in control not only to survive merely also to thrive. Without much land, money, materials or no lawful name to aid them, they soon became freed in name only, rather than as legal citizens who were entitled to the most basic liberties. It was no wonder news close the passing of the Thirteent h Amendment in January 1865, was greeted with euphoria and relief.This new chapter in American history was to fully abolish slavery in the United States, liberate four million African Americans. Men and women black and white, and in the trade union and South began the work of rebuilding the shattered union and of creating a new social order called Reconstruction that would hold many promises. Many schoolboyish blacks also joined the army upon encouragement from military generals, lured in by the prospect of earning money and the being accepted by the whites. 4Further more, with the protection of the 14th and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and the civilized Rights Act of 1866, citizenship was to be granted to all people born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteeing that no American (including the freed slaves) would be denied the right to vote on the basis of race. With that, the freed Confederate black men began to exercise this right to vote and activel y put down in the political process, many being elected to the United States recounting and local offices.Racial lines seemed to begin to diminish as coalitions of white and black Republicans passed bills to establish the first public school systems in most states of the South, although ample funding was hard to find. Freedom truly seemed to fill the air. They also met in annual conventions across the nation and issued heart-felt addresses to the people of the United States, to affirm their term as citizens and implore the support of fair-minded white people.In venom of the daunting challenges, former African-American slaves were determined to succeed in their new found freedom and they did making significant strides in establishing their own churches, towns and businesses. Their pursual for equality, and the opportunity to live in harmony with any other social group in the country5 prompted their swift rejection of President Lincolns 1862 set up to segregate them to the Di strict of Columbia, which they could colonize. Even with the winds of the Thirteenth Amendment on their backs, the ride to freedom was everything but smooth.Opponents of this progress soon rallied against the former slaves freedom and began to find federal agency for eroding the gains for which many had shed their blood. Some Whites were even skeptical in the first place, stating that the slaves should have at least been in some way educated or prepared for freedom, before it was so suddenly clout upon them so they didnt become an evil and menace to the welfare of the blameless country. White supremacists sought to return blacks to their subordinate status under slavery. They resurrected barriers and enacted new laws to segregate society along racial lines.They limited black main course to transportation, schools, restaurants and other public facilities. The groundbreaking advances of Reconstruction were quickly being reversed. ingrained racist Southerners hated them just as m uch if not more than before they were freed. Forming anti-black groups such as the Klu Klux Klan they continued to harass and persecute them with unthinkable acts of violence. As rioting increased by enraged white people against African Americans whom they accused of stealing their jobs millions of these former slaves began living in a constant state of anxiety and fear..While most blacks were denied their right to keep and bear arms and therefore unable to protect themselves or their families, kill increasingly became the weapon of white mob terror. A combination of analogous acts of oppression such as fraud and intimidation were also diligent to reduce black voting and regain control of state legislatures. Laws or provisions passed such as poll taxes, residency requirements and literacy tests made voter registration and elections more complicated which overwhelmingly disadvantaged blacks.Litigation to challenge such provisions at the state and national levels were to no serv e as the Supreme Court upheld the states decisions. Their treatment and accommodations became inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages. Black soldiers for instance, were not given as much pay as their fellow white soldiers, and it was only until they appealed through a letter to Abraham Lincoln that this policy was changed to even the pay scale. 6 separatism in all public facilities, with a supposedly separate but equal was also mandated.Conclusion The crux of the Emancipation Proclamation which advocated abolition of slavery was easier said than done. It simply raised the hopes of many enslaved African Americans about the prospect of freedom only to leave them still despairing. African Americans continued suffer from segregation, lack of education, and political disenfranchisement. Freedom for them appeared to be superficial, if at all existent only fulfilling their desire to truly make lives for them selves, while ignoring or depriving them of the means to achieve it.They were still unprotected from the brutal attacks suffered at the hands of anti-Negro groups7 who still despised them, and granted no help in exploitation a new lifestyle. The lack of equality, legal or human rights made achieving anything remarkably unfair and near impossible. Life was just as it was under the bondage of slavery. Hence for all the good intentions for the abolition of slavery , the Declaration of Emancipation did not truly spell freedom and equality for all African-American slaves, nor did it directly lead to a lasting increased quality of life or standard of living.It was a huge step towards the base of a long, painful struggle for freedom far longer and more difficult than anyone could realize. The ruling government could and should have done more to stay put the uprisings the emancipation triggered, and worked towards helping the former slaves establish themselves while integrating them wit h other groups to live in peace. It was the thirteenth amendment passed after the end of the American Civil War which permanently abolished slavery and also paved the way for further amendments to the constitution that would brought complete freedom for the former slaves.