“A Man but Not a Brother” — Black Civil War Heroes and the Persistence of White Supremacy

Among the undeniable outcomes of the Civil War are the following: The Confederacy was defeated militarily and surrendered to the United States in the spring of 1865. Secession failed. In 1866, the 13th Amendment abolished legal slavery and involuntary servitude (except as a punishment for crime). In 1868, the 14th Amendment extended citizenship and “equal protection under the law” to formerly enslaved people and to anyone “born or naturalized in the United States.” In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. Without a doubt, the Civil War and its aftermath transformed the nation. The institution of chattel slavery was ended and “slave power” — the economic and political might of the slave-owning class — was crushed. These changes were substantial and permanent. And yet, the transformation was incomplete. <a href="https://medium.com/@regie.stites/a-man-but-not-a-brother-black-civil-war-heroes-and-the-persistence-of-white-supremacy-1f7497a3c203">Click Here</a>