Posted: 10/22/2008 7:57:49 AM EDT
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Let's just start out with the truth. I SUCK AT HISTORY. Give me math or science and I'm right there with you, but history I'm horrible at. Can you help me out with a few questions? We're studying the Time of Jim Crow. 1. One of the strengths of the Freedom Colonies was their desire of the patriarchs and residents to avoid contact with whites. Discuss how this can be viewed as a short term positive but also may have contributed to their long term decline. 2. What type of all black institutions did the residents of Freedom colonies develop? Discuss how they were similar to white institutions that served the same purpose, and how they differed. 3.Texas in the "age if Jim Crow" had a higher rate of black land ownership than any other southern state. Discuss how this came about. What techniques were used by the freedmen to acquire land and what type of land did they acquire and where. 4. Discuss the techniques used by the leadership of "freedom Colonies" to disguise their prosperity from whites. 5. Discuss the social life of"Freedom Colonies" How was it similar to other rural communities throughout the south and the nation during the era of Jim Crow, and how did it differ? What made them unique? If you don't want to help or can't please don't post. THanks guys! |
this maybe? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws ETA: If you have library access, you might try a few of these: www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22Freedom+Colonies%22+filetype%3Apdf |
The complexities of this subject take some scholars a lifetime to fully understand. The good, the bad, and the ugly make this subject very volatile. A 500 page book could be written for each one of those questions, and still not begin to scratch the surface. "Jim Crow" was a fictional character that dates back to the 18th century. He was sang about in old Black Spirituals. He was a fictional Black slave that gave generations of Black slaves hope. The spirituals were sort of like "Tall Tales" that talked about his everyday life. Something that many slaves identified with. He was similar to "Paul Bunyan", Pecos Bill, and John Henry. He was a lover, fighter, a grandfather, a father, a son, and was known to be very handsome and smart. Sometimes he was known as enslaved man working his life away, a run away slave, and sometimes he was known as a free Black man and land owner. The name "Jim Crow" rhymed with a lot of words (row, slow, low, sow, know, etc.) so the songs were really easy, and verses could go on for a long time. Old Black men will sometimes still sing these songs for fun when they're together, and many elderly Black women will not even allow the subject of Jim Crow to be discussed in her home. That's how complex the subject gets. As reconstruction began after the war, policies, paradigms, and laws were enacted to try to heal everyone. Whites and Blacks were caught in something much bigger than any individual, or even the wounded nation as a whole. These were known as "Jim Crow" laws/policies, and many of these were mutually wanted. This subject will end up in a discussion about the Class structure that exists today, and will continue for many generations into the future. By Class structure I'm not talking about Race, I'm talking about the structures within the Races. Like I said earlier, this subject is very complicated and sensitive. Take the questions one at a time, and spend as much time as you can on each of them with an open mind. One question will lead to a dozen more. |