The Slaying Of Thousands, The Conquering Of States, And The Destruction Of Land

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Term Paper Title	The Slaying Of Thousands, The Conquering Of States, And The Destruction Of Land
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     The slaying of thousands, the conquering of states, and the destruction of land were all
results of slavery.  Back in the twentieth century slavery was a very big issue.  Even after slavery
was proclaimed “illegal” there was still segregation.  One Man by the name of C. Vann
Woodward, wrote a book about segregation and the Jim Crow laws.  The book is titled The
Strange Career of Jim Crow.  Jim Crow was a black character in a song-and-dance routine in
1820.  The song was called “Jump Jim Crow” and was written by Thomas D. Rice. Jim Crow
Laws were laws that segregated Blacks from Whites in schools, public transportation, theaters,
hotels and restaurants.  C. Vann Woodward was born in Vanndale, Arkansas on November 13,
1908.  He has a bachelor in Philosophy from Emory University, a M.A. from Columbia
University, and a Ph.D.. from University of North Carolina.  He married a women by the name
of Glenn Boyd Macleod.  He also had a son named Peter.  Sadly, both his wife and son are
deceased.  He has written many books in his time.  Some of the books are:  Tom Watson, Origins
of the New South, The Burden of Southern History, The Battle for Leyle Gulf, Reunion and
Reaction, The National Experience, American Counterpoint, and The Strange Career of Jim
Crow, which was revised three times.  He has received many awards such as the Bancrolf
History prize for Origins of the New South, National Institution of Arts and Letters Award, and a
Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chesnut’s Civil War.  His most widely read book was in 1955, The
Strange Career of Jim Crow (“Woodward” Contemporary).  Woodward has been proclaimed as
“ Historian of the American south” (“Woodward” Dictionary).  He has also been called “ the
second generation of the south Renaissance” (“Woodward” Dictionary).  His main career was to
study how different races got a...

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