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This 5 page paper discusses the end of slavery and the transition from slave labor to free labor. Relying on the work of Foner and Berlin and colleagues, the writer explains that the Reconstruction era was one of confusion and controversy. The first part of the essay critiques Foner's narrative in his book, including his use of the comparative model in Nothing But Freedom. A premise is offered: The transition from slave labor to free labor was more important to establishing post-war freedoms that was African-American military service. The statement is defended because the contribution of black regiments in the Civil War were soon forgotten. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Its Legacy." Foner has written extensively on the meaning of freedom. Foner consistently uses a comparative method intelligently and effectively. Foners writing can only be called fluid in that it
moves from one thought to the next coherently. In Nothing but Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy, Foner draws upon his vast font of knowledge of both British and European
history to draw parallels with and lessons from the emancipation of slavery in other places. For instance, he looks at the legacy of slavery in the British Caribbean and in
Haiti and at the emancipation of land from black ownership in British southern and eastern Africa. For comparison sake, Foner examines the issues between those who have been emancipated,
their former masters and the legal and government authority. The issues include taxation, how justice is administered, laws that regulate labor, and the legal definitions of property rights. Following these
discussions, Foner then uses the same questions to discuss the conditions in the post-abolition United States. In the last essay in the book, Foner provides an analysis of the resolution
of these issues of rice workers in South Carolina. In using the comparative model, Foner deftly moves from the international level to national level and then to the local level.
In this publication, Foner avoids popular rhetoric and mawkish sentimentality and chooses to discuss emancipation and freedom in a way that is understandable to the reader. Foner ends the
book rather abruptly without drawing conclusions. The scope of this book is broad and the theme is very powerful. Based on some of the ambivalence in the book, one might
conclude that Foner deliberately left questions for the reader to ponder. For example, did the repression of former slave masters leave former slaves with nothing but freedom or were there
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