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Question:
Pretend that you’re a newspaper reporter writing an article for the front page of a local newspaper. You first need to decide your audience: will it be Southern or Northern? Have a title, historical context, and a conclusion. In this report, you’ll need to interview three of the following people for your article:
a rebel soldier who has returned home to his destroyed plantation
a freed slave who has remained on his or her former master’s plantation
a freed slave leaving his or her plantation
a freed slave heading North
a poor, White, Southern farmer
a White Union soldier returning home
a Black Union soldier returning home
a White female spy for either worked for the Union or the ConfederatesAnswer:
The history of the United States of America is full of variety, troughs and crests. The country had got independence on the 4th of July 1776 and the thirteen colonies of America were united to form the United States of America of the present day. The country has seen history of enslavement, war, occupation, foreign threats, civil war and what not. This independence day this newspaper endeavours in revisiting some of the historical phenomena of the country while speaking to some people who were whole heartedly connected with these historical events.
During the 1920’s a large number of African Americans started moving North from the Southern part of America. Such a great movement of lakhs of African Americans from the southern part of the country to the North. The primary reasons of such movement was the economic concern and the social discrimination towards the community in the south. Many of these people were slaves who were brought to the Americas from Africa and later they got freedom. However there was still distinction and discrimination based on race and language. The consequences of the Northward movement were many. “Housing was difficult to come by, and in many cities the non-African American residents demanded strict segregation, relegating the new arrivals to self-contained neighbourhoods in undesirable parts of town. In addition, most of the available work in the cities was industrial, and many migrating African Americans faced the prospect of learning new trades, generally at lower rates of pay than European Americans received.” Jordan O Neal who was brought to the Americas along with his father who was enslaved was one of the members who moved towards the North. This newspaper interviewed Jordan to get some valuable insights about the experiences. While visiting the home of Jordan it was seen that he was still living in humble condition with very little economic prosperity. While understanding the conditions in which he was living, O Neal was interviewed about his memories and his experiences about the events.
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