You assert that legally South Carolina had looser regulations on miscegenation, and discuss state legislation that shapes and influences race. The federal government, however, played a significant role in this legal construction of race. During Reconstruction ex-slaves and other blacks became wards of the federal government. Initially the military addressed the status and issues of emancipated blacks, then the Freedmen's Bureau was established to do so. Eventually, individual states were given the autonomy to redress the issues of Negros in America. While individual states ultimately influenced the status of blacks in this era, the federal government's inability to rectify the social and economic issues of blacks eventually led to the state's addressing them.
W.E.B. Dubois
Questions:
Dubois discusses the idea of double-consciousness and the veil, asserting that black consciousness is derived from white people's perception of African Americans? Does this oversimplify the process of race? As well as take agency from AA's in constructing their identities?
Despite the disconnect between theory and praxis, can the Freedman's Bureau credited for redressing issues of slavery?
How were post emancipation African-american identities reshaped and reimagined during Reconstruction? Post emancipation white identities?
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