Many southerners felt this was a violation of the Constitution. General Sherman was a general in the Union Army during the Civil war.
He never had the authority to do it in the first place. Sherman was simply trying to get the slaves to stop following his army, so he made the '40 acres and a mule' promise - although he never had the authority to make such a promise or enforce it.
In this time the KKK was formed to keep former slaves from leaving and to terrorize them. Southern planters began to charge rent and limited movement.
It is because more and more people in the North where helping slaves escape to the North. Making it easier for slaves to run away... Once in the North many slaves would begin a new life.... and the Southern states had no power to remove a former slaves because there was no laws to protect the property rights of Southern Slave owners...
slaves and former slaves
Promised freedom to slaves that joined the British cause
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution
Many southerners felt this was a violation of the Constitution. General Sherman was a general in the Union Army during the Civil war.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
Some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution.
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution
some southerners felt that confiscating property violated the constitution