As clearly noted in Chapter fourteen of The Power of Words, the Civil War marked a time of hatred and resentment, fear, and hopelessness. In the address to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis labeled the northern society of the United States as selfish and instigators to the outbreak of war. Jefferson explains that the reason for the southern secession was primarily due to the fact that, from the result of government control, the northern United States executed their politicalpower selfishly by the process of decreasing southern exports in order to better the manufacturing and shipping classes of their neighboring businesses. Jefferson furthers his

explanation of how the north continued instigating the war by noting the early selling of slaves to Southern plantatio

n owners. This selling of slaves to the south began once northern abolishment of slavery was announced. After this selling and purchasing of slaves began, the north set forth to help and "entice" southern slaves back north for freedom from current confinement to slavery. This angered many southerners and as a result the south further depicted northerners as ruthless pirates. Soon the resentment and

As war broke out all over the Confederate States of America, desertion from both sides would be on a continuous, steady incline. Tendency of describing war as exciting and sometimes even glorious could be a misnomer. As described in documents three,four, six, and even seven in The Power of Words, war sparked emotions of sadness and fear. Charles Harvey Brewster states in his letters to his mother and girlfriend hisexperience with runaway slaves from the south. "What to do with them," became the primary concern of his military camp, and when forced to return the slaves back to their

willing to fight three years for this Government without one cent of the mighty dollar." Words like these would not go unheard, and even though the Civil War would come to an end a year after these words were written, the war of racism continued. Only after another hundred years of persistence and courage would a great leader named Martin Luther King, Jr. lead them to the promise land of civil rights.

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