by Wendi Leos https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky en-us 2015-08-26 17:02:04 UTC 2015-08-26 17:44:15 UTC hello@padlet.com http://web3.encyclopediavirginia.org/resourcespace/filestore/4/4/1/4_31e0efe4db20831/4414scr_f1eb06547e5ad7b.jpg "Marriage of a colored soldier at Vicksburg by Chaplain Warren of the Freedmen's Bureau", 1868. 9808271 https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67212820 Background Information: African American's rushed to get officially married because it gave them their freedom. Once they were married they weren't able to become a slave anymore. Once married they got their own name, dressing how they want, and learning how to read and write.

Analyze of the photograph: An African American getting married by a white priest. The people are formal and a couple of the women are holding flowers. They people are also standing up and looked worried except the couple getting married. They couple look serious and they are closing their eyes. They might be praying or happy to get their freedom.

]]> 2015-08-26 17:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67212820 Carpetbagger definition: 9808271 https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67217679 A northerner who moved to the south after the American Civil War, especially during the reconstruction era. The term referred to the carpet bags which many of these newcomers carried.

]]> 2015-08-26 17:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67217679 9808271 https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67217965 2015-08-26 17:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67217965 Freedman's Bureau 9808271 https://padlet.com/9808271/zvdgq1vbn3ky/wish/67218062 The U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established in 1865 by congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.

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