CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS Trail to Freedom Many slaves saw the arrival of the Union army in Stafford, opposite Fredericksburg, in April 1862 as a chance for freedom. Over the next few months, slaves from Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and the surrounding counties fed to the Union army. It was likely the largest single exodus[mass departure] of slaves in America up to that time. However, the crossing of the Rappahannock was not the end of their journey, but the beginning. African Americans worked to gain true freedom for the next 100 years. 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Corporate: 640 Lake Caroline Dr. Fredericksburg Ruther Glen Tour a rich heritage in your very own backyard CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS Introduction In 1862, more than 12,000 African Americans fed The 1896 Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Local African 1 slavery and crossed the Rappahannock River, seeking 5 Ferguson, upheld segegration laws in the South. This freedom with the Union army deployed in Stafford. case allowed discrimination against African Americans to continue. While slaves fed to freedom, American History 2 some whites and free blacks 6 In the early 1900s, many tried to pass laws abolishing slavery. African Americans from City of Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Department of Stafford Economic the South began the “Great Department of Tourism Economic Development & Tourism Development & Tourism Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Migration,” or move north VisitFred.com VisitSpotsy.com Stafford350.com Frederick Douglass demanded for new jobs. In Harlem, freedom for enslaved people. New York, African American Frederick Douglass artists, writers and musicians Louis Armstrong On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln celebrated their culture through art, music and dance. 3 signed the Emancipation Langston Hughes, Jacob Lawrence, Bessie Smith and Proclamation, and so the Louis Armstrong were just a few of those artists. This war to restore the Union also movement became known as the Harlem Renaissance. became a war for freedom. 7 During WWII, African American soldiers fought The Proclamation allowed against the racism of Adolf Hitler in segregated units African American men to join abroad. Experiencing racism at home, African Americans the Union army in the fght for began calling for more equal rights. During the 1950s freedom. After two more years and 1960s, they held sit-ins and freedom rides to expose of fghting, the Civil War ended injustice. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became in a victory for the Union. The a leader in the struggle. He gave his famous ‘I Have a 13th Amendment abolished Dream’ speech at the March on Washington in 1963. Dr. slavery in the United States. King called for new laws to prevent discrimination based African Americans gained their rights as citizens when the on race, color, religion, gender or national origin.