CSPAN3 Lectures In History African Americans Emancipation Defining Freedom July 12, 2024
And so, for today were going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, well be thinking about what did freedom mean to the free people, right. And in january of 1865, secretary of war, Edwin Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia, they were preachers, teachers, lay persons, and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect and particularly wanted to know what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation. The group of 20 ...