Miscommunication By Louis Manigault Summary

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Slaves had finally been set free by law, but unfortunately, the southern white citizens of America had a hard time accepting that. Carl Schurz, a reporter, asked southerners how they felt about emancipation, and they had no positive feedback. They believed negroes were lazy and would do society no benefit without slavery. Louis Manigault, a land owner, witnessed something different after his return to his plantation. He saw a team working to keep his plantation running. The views of southern whites and Manigault had a huge difference, some people could accept change. Sadly, neither of these cases reveal freedom to their workers, and that is when the newly emancipated slaves stepped up and try to find freedom for themselves. Carl Schurz was an …show more content…

They were very happy to be greeted by name by Manigault. Manigault, wrote he joked around with them and they were asking him questions about his return.5 No matter what condition these workers were in they still had respect towards their boss. However, in the Georgian man case, he seemed disrespectful and unfair to his workers. All in all, if you give respect you earn respect. In Louis Manigault last days at the plantation he spoke to General Harrison about how employment worked now. General Harrison suggested him a plan to rent out his land to the workers and have each of them in charge of their own section, like a manager. Manigault agreed and said it was a good idea. This is a huge difference from Schurz reports, because people believed the negroes would not work without abuse, but Manigault’s slaves did work while he abandoned the plantation and slaves. Which was a good reason for him to trust these people will do a good job of preserving his

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