"Colored Troops...liberating slaves..." January 23, 1864, page 52
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Describe what is happening in the illustration.
2. Evaluate the meaning of the illustration. Why is it significant?
3. Imagine you are one of the newly liberated slaves in the illustration. Write what you saw and experienced during that day.
"The Emancipation of the Negroes" January 24, 1863, pages 56, 57
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Examine and explain what the different scenes in the above illustration are depicting.
2. Argue the importance of each scene in depicting the emancipation.
3. Draw/describe your own scene that you would include in the above illustration. Explain your reasoning behind including the additional scene.
"How to Escape the Draft" August 1, 1863, page 496
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Analyze the cartoon above and explain your interpretations of the meaning of the cartoon.
2. Who do you think is trying to escape the draft in the cartoon?
3. Apply your knowledge of African American soldiers to the above cartoon and explain in terms of your prior knowledge, what is going on in the cartoon. Make sure you cite your source!
"A Man Knows a Man" April 22, 1865, page 256
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Describe what you see in the cartoon above.
2. Interpret what the cartoon is depicting and explain it as you would to your fellow classmates.
3. Give an example of an appropriate use of this cartoon (or one very similar to it) in today's world. Feel free to draw your own interpretation or give an explanation of how you would use it to describe a current event in your very own newspaper.
"The Effects of the Proclamation - Freed Negroes Coming into our Lines at Newborn, N.C." February 21, 1863, page 116
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Describe what you see in the illustration above.
2. Examine the illustration. Analyze what the illustration means to those who may have seen it when it was first printed (either from a white point of view or a black point of view).
3. Write a narrative to accompany the illustration from the point of view of a white Union soldier traveling along the same road.
"U.S. Army Agency" September 17, 1864, page 608
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
DBQ's:
1. Describe what you see in the above "advertisement".
2. Do you think black soldiers were really paid the same as white soldiers? Explain why or why not.
3. Do you believe heirs of deceased colored soldiers received a settlement as shown in the above ad? Explain why or why not.
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