Lincoln: The Hypocrisy And Tyranny Of A Devised War Analysis

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Lincoln: The Hypocrisy and Tyranny of a Devised War When slavery was introduced to the new world it established the very foundation of America. The United States Government has always supported slavery since its inception. Slavery has always been profitable for the powerful white elite. In Chapter 9 “SLAVERY WITHOUT SUBMISSION, EMANCIPATION WITHOUT FREEDOM “ by Howard Zinn points out how it would take a full-scale slave rebellion or a full-scale war to end such a deeply entrenched system. Zinn provides details of how slaves were kept into slavery by whipping, religion, separating families, and even killing. Zinn also makes note of the emergence of white abolitionist before the Civil War. White abolitionist were against slavery and some of …show more content…

Slave rebellion had not dissipated even after years had passed since Turner’s last insurrection. David Walker was son of a slave born free in North Carolina; he wrote a pamphlet Walker’s Appeal which infuriated southern slaveholders. Also, Harriet Tubman became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railway and led many slaves to freedom. Next, Frederick Douglass became the most famous black man of his time. On the 4th of July he gave an Independence address: “What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?” (qtd Zinn 182). He also worked alongside William Lloyd Garrison a white abolitionist and editor of The Liberator. Additionally, John Brown a white abolitionist advocated the use of violence to disrupt and destroy the institution of slavery. He later was executed by the State of Virginia with the approval of the national government. Therefore, we start to see intellectual blacks fight for freedom and equal rights. Not only were they wanting to engage in armed insurrections, but also more ready to use political devices—the ballot box, the Constitution—anything to further their cause (Zinn …show more content…

In Django the plot is set 2 years before the Civil War in contrast Glory is set during the Civil War. They both point out the legal framework of America. In Glory slaves are giving freedom when they join the Union army after the Emancipation Proclamation is in effect. However, in Django unchained the German bounty hunter manipulates the system that accepted and regulated property rights in slaves. He purchases Django and then later in the movie he buys Broomhilda. Each had been purchased and then set free. Django delivers a more horrific and brutal view on how black slaves were treated, while in Glory they are more passive. Both either way reinforce American ideology, the structural oppression, and racism that runs deep in our

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