Slavery to Liberation- The African American Experience, 2019a

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Writing Prompt
Freedom and Identity are complex; within the context of the American West, identify
how African American and Native American freedmen perceived freedom in different
ways. Black migration during the nineteenth century had a variety of elements which
often contradicted one another. Explain the aims of some Black leaders of the period
and the issues migrants faced on the ground in transit and following reaching their
destinations. Using threads of Lucinda Davis’ and A.G. Belton’s story, identify how they
represent the plight of African American freedmen and Native American freedmen
during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.