Civil War

DID SLAVERY END AFTER CIVIL WAR?

 Presentation
Presented by: Anila Nawaz
Roll no: 2244-BH-PS-20
Group: H
 Slavery
From 16th century onwards
Slavery carried on unabated for almost 4 centuries
US war of independence
Civil War 1861-1865
 When did slavery end?
On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation.
On January 1, 1863, he made it official that “slaves within any State, or designated part of a State…in
rebellion,…shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
By freeing some 3 million enslaved people in the rebel states, the Emancipation
Proclamation deprived the Confederacy of the bulk of its labor forces.
 Emancipation Proclamation
The document applied only to enslaved people in the Confederacy, and not to those in the border
states that remained loyal to the Union.
Though the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t officially end all slavery in America.
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865 in the aftermath of the Civil War,
abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
The amendment was the first explicit mention of the institution of slavery in the
U.S. Constitution.
Reconstruction Era
Started at the end of Civil War
To reconstruct the South and integrate freed black people into society
Efforts to give some legal rights and economic support to recently freed slaves
Failed to provide any substantial rights.
14th and 15th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons
born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all
citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
The 15th Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.”
Violation of provisions of Constitution
These provisions of the Constitution were often ignored or violated.
The 13th Amendment, officially abolished slavery, but freed Black peoples’ status in the post-
war South remained precarious, and significant challenges awaited during
the Reconstruction period.
While the 15th amendment barred voting rights discrimination on the basis of race, it left the
door open for states to determine the specific qualification for suffrage
Southern states legislatures used such qualifications, including literacy tests, poll taxes and other
discriminatory practices to Disenfranchise a majority of black voters in the decades following
reconstruction.
Economic and Political rights
It was difficult for Black citizens to gain a foothold in the post-war economy thanks to restrictive
black codes and regressive contractual arrangements such as sharecropping.
An unprecedented degree of Black participation in American political life.
Reconstruction was ultimately frustrating for African Americans, and the rebirth of white
supremacy—including the rise of racist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)—had
triumphed in the South by 1877.
Example of legacy of Slavery (George
Floyd)
On 25 May 2020, George Floyd, an African-American, died after being held in police custody in
Minneapolis.
Despite saying he couldn't breathe, Mr. Floyd was kept pinned to the ground and he died soon
afterwards
His death lead to large protests
What happened to Mr. Floyd has again raised the issue of racism in American society and the
unfair treatment that many African-American communities feel they face in the US.
Thank You