The Blacks’ Struggle following the Civil War After the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln, the slaves of America were free. This was a huge step in making our country truly free to all people. The construction of the South did not however work out smoothly for the freed slaves. There were many roadblocks along the way such as the “Black Codes,” the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, and the terror of the Ku …showed first 75 words of 868 total…

…showed last 75 words of 868 total…we can see, freedom for the blacks did not come directly as a result of the emancipation proclamation. Each step toward real freedom had to be fought for. And there were plenty of obstacles and people who tried to stop them. However, slowly and surely the black community earned their right to be recognized. Works Cited Weinstein, Allen. Slavery After Emancipation. New York Oxford University Press, 1979. Johnson, Redmond. Slavery During Reconstruction. Mnemosyne Publishing Company Inc., 1969.