chappelle said:
Lincoln was not a sallow mean hardcore man that didn't understand what was right and what was wrong he did what he felt was right which was freeing the slave because that was something that he felt would change society and also change people as a human bean “As he would say i would rather have an African american woman as a wife before a slave” .
my own thinking about my topic as evolved because i feel as though my question is begin answered and it lets me know a little more about my history and where Lincolns head was at back then in the early 1800’s. Was he for African american people meaning did he like to see African american people get beat auction off and treated like nothing or did he care ,did look at situations and say that's wrong and that shouldn't be done that way. my thinking has evolved because in the books i have been reading and the articles i have my reading also stretches my thinking because i get different peoples point of view from each information i get but somehow they all add up into the truth or shall i say what i believe from reading my research.
i began this project last year of 2012 when the Lincoln movie came out i think that there was a lot of questions that needed to be answered and the truth needed to be relieved because some African american people did not like Lincoln because they say he freed the slaves to create a better union for the war. so hearing other African american feel that way about him when he made a big difference in this world i felt like i wanted to look more into the situation and when i did i felt like this would be a great project and that i wanted to let African american people know that Lincoln wasn't a bad man that didn't care about slaves and give them some answers to their question so i thought this would be a great topic.my preconceptions was that Lincoln was a man that freed the slave because he wanted a stronger union and needed more soldier to fight in the war. i thought Lincoln thought about how to be a better president for his people”white people” rather than going by what's right for everyone .
My preconceptions changed by digging deeper into the topic and reading books and article to expand my knowledge about this topic to find the answers I've been looking for and they changed tremendously because from reading these books and article they gave me information i never knew these books and article told me Lincoln really did want to stop slavery because he knew it was right but he knew there would be a lot of states and people mad because that would be interfering with their business so he had to really think of a plan and he did. which is the emancipation proclamation which was a form stating that all slaves were to be freed in those areas still in rebellion against the federal government. so by reading my information that i was giving really changed the way i thought about Lincoln before i did my research.
My experience with doing my research on my topic has been a great experience because i learned new things information and the real story. i feel though this was great for my knowledge because not only am i teaching my self i'm teaching my grandmother and i'm teaching a lot of people out there that had or have bad thoughts about Lincoln or doesn't agree with his reasoning for freeing the slaves.this research project on Lincoln will help many people and myself in so many different ways because i'm taking information from different sources and i do that to get different peoples opinion and different sources might give different information or new information.the research and also movie seeing help me with this research project a lot because new information is great and builds on to your knowledge. when doing my research i found some things that caught my eye which was when Lincoln freed the slave i don't think that people knew it wasn't easy for Lincoln.
freeing the slaves was something really hard for Lincoln to do.many African american or even white people may not know too and i say it was hard for Lincoln because he couldn't just say i want the slaves to be freed even tho that was something he probably wish could happen to make it all better but white people didn't care for black people and Lincoln was a white man but he was an abolitionist. it was hard for Lincoln to free the slaves because he was a white man and he knew that his own kind wouldn't really like that also the people that owned the slaves. but Lincoln made it happen by sending black men as soldiers for the war and making the emancipation proclamation.i find this to stand out to me a lot because i thought other wise i didn't knew he was abolitionist and that Lincoln really wanted to change society.
on April 9, 2013, 1:57 p.m.
