Blacks in Colorado

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This paper discusses the research of Jesse T. Moore Jr. in an article on the black population in Colorado after the Civil War. The paper makes use of some of the accounts from the slave narratives on the Civil War era and then examines what ex-slaves had to say about this period.

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"Slavery was ended legally with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War, but this did not lead to the full participation of the black population in American society. The after-effects of slavery continued through Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction with particular strength, and arguably many of the consequences continue to this day. An article by Jesse T. Moore Jr. Uses some of the accounts from the slave narratives on the Civil War era and after to examine what ex-slaves had to say about this period. The slave narratives clearly constitute an important and informative primary source for data on this period, especially as it relates to the experience of real people affected by the changes taking place and fully cognizant of how strongly much of the white community clung to old ideas and sought to minimize change. "

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