The fight for Emancipation

Construct an essay based on the following question:

How did African-Americans fight to make the Civil War about emancipation and freedom?

Your essay should use evidence from three primary sources provided below and should be based on your reading and analysis of the primary source documents. Your paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length and use double-spacing and 12-point font. Please use MLA style.

Primary Source Documents
Choose one primary source from each of the following sections:

Slaves
Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom by Louis HughesPreview the document

Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on SlaveryPreview the document

Soldiers
Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on being a Civil War SoldierPreview the document

“I Hope to Fall With My Face to the Foe” by Lewis DouglassPreview the document

Letters from Spotswood RicePreview the document

Letter to President Lincoln by Hannah JohnsonPreview the document

Jacob Stroyer: My Experience in the Civil WarPreview the document

Emancipation
Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on EmancipationPreview the document

Maryland Slave to the PresidentPreview the document

George W. Hatton: Retaliation in CampPreview the document

Black Residents of Nashville to the Union ConventionPreview the document