James Lee Dickey: An Analysis of One African-American's Leadership in Jim Crow Texas

The End of Slavery

American slavery came to an end on December 6, 1865 with the ratification of the thirteenth amendment. Various plans had been bandied about regarding a solution to the freedman problem. Where they should live, how they should live, how they would earn their way were the most immediate concerns. Reconstruction of the Union would determine the solution.
 

 

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