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COLLAPSEOverall Rating:1234512345After Lincoln officially pronounced the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the Civil War enveloped a two-fold purpose: fighting for reuniting the Union and prohibiting slavery in captured confederate territory. This action set off a chain reaction that led to draft riots, which demonstrated Northern racism and casualties between blacks and whites. Go to Section 2 of this week’s Webtext titled “Why the North Won”, and view the resources provided for the section discussing the New York City Draft Riots. Next explain three (3) ways that these riots supported the ‘myth’ of the anti-racist liberals of the North and the difficulties facing free African Americans.

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	In spite of the regulation of Emancipation by Lincoln, the outbreak of riots in the streets of New York in 1863 can be understood as the challenge to the so called liberal myths working against slavery. At first, the liberal movements had held that belief of changing the stereotypical mentality of people by Emancipation. They were of the view that people will have to modify their views about keeping African Americans as slaves but, on the contrary, regulation of Emancipation simply turned the whole situation to be worse than before.

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