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Based on Fraizer's meeting on Reconstruction, explain how freedmen define freedom and what it looks like to them

Based on Fraizer's meeting on Reconstruction, explain how freedmen define freedom and what it looks like to them

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Based on Fraizer's meeting on Reconstruction, explain how freedmen define freedom and what it looks like to them. 

### Interview on Enlistment and Sentiments of Colored People During the Civil War #### Ninth Question: **Q:** What, in your opinion, is the feeling of the colored people about enlisting and serving as soldiers of the United States? And what kind of military service do they prefer? **A:** A large number have gone as soldiers to Port Royal [S.C.] to be drilled and put in the service; and I think there are thousands of the young men that would enlist. There is something about them that perhaps is wrong. They have suffered so long from the Rebels that they want to shoulder the musket. Others want to go into the Quartermaster's or Commissary's service. #### Tenth Question: **Q:** Do you understand the mode of enlistments of colored persons in the Rebel States by State agents under the Act of Congress? If yes, state what your understanding is. **A:** My understanding is that colored persons enlisted by State agents are enlisted as substitutes, and give credit to the States, and do not swell the army, because every black man enlisted by a State agent leaves a white man at home; and, also, that large bounties are given or promised by State agents that are given by the States. The great object should be to push through this Rebellion the shortest way, and there seems to be something wanting in the enlistment by State agents, for it don’t strengthen the army, but takes one away for every colored man enlisted. #### Eleventh Question: **Q:** State what, in your opinion, is the best way to enlist colored men for soldiers. **A:** I think, sir, that all compulsory operations should be put a stop to. The ministers would talk to them, and the young men would enlist. It is my opinion that it would be far better for the State agents to stay at home, and the enlistments to be made for the United States under the direction of Gen. Sherman. *In the absence of Gen. Sherman, the following question was asked:* #### Twelfth Question: **Q:** State what is the feeling of the colored people in regard to Gen. Sherman; and how far do they regard his sentiments and actions as friendly to their rights and interests, or otherwise? **A:** We looked upon Gen. Sherman prior to his arrival as a man in the Providence of God specially set apart to accomplish this work, and we unanimously feel inexpressible gratitude to him, looking
Transcribed Image Text:### Interview on Enlistment and Sentiments of Colored People During the Civil War #### Ninth Question: **Q:** What, in your opinion, is the feeling of the colored people about enlisting and serving as soldiers of the United States? And what kind of military service do they prefer? **A:** A large number have gone as soldiers to Port Royal [S.C.] to be drilled and put in the service; and I think there are thousands of the young men that would enlist. There is something about them that perhaps is wrong. They have suffered so long from the Rebels that they want to shoulder the musket. Others want to go into the Quartermaster's or Commissary's service. #### Tenth Question: **Q:** Do you understand the mode of enlistments of colored persons in the Rebel States by State agents under the Act of Congress? If yes, state what your understanding is. **A:** My understanding is that colored persons enlisted by State agents are enlisted as substitutes, and give credit to the States, and do not swell the army, because every black man enlisted by a State agent leaves a white man at home; and, also, that large bounties are given or promised by State agents that are given by the States. The great object should be to push through this Rebellion the shortest way, and there seems to be something wanting in the enlistment by State agents, for it don’t strengthen the army, but takes one away for every colored man enlisted. #### Eleventh Question: **Q:** State what, in your opinion, is the best way to enlist colored men for soldiers. **A:** I think, sir, that all compulsory operations should be put a stop to. The ministers would talk to them, and the young men would enlist. It is my opinion that it would be far better for the State agents to stay at home, and the enlistments to be made for the United States under the direction of Gen. Sherman. *In the absence of Gen. Sherman, the following question was asked:* #### Twelfth Question: **Q:** State what is the feeling of the colored people in regard to Gen. Sherman; and how far do they regard his sentiments and actions as friendly to their rights and interests, or otherwise? **A:** We looked upon Gen. Sherman prior to his arrival as a man in the Providence of God specially set apart to accomplish this work, and we unanimously feel inexpressible gratitude to him, looking
### Minutes of an Interview Between the Colored Ministers and Church Officers at Savannah with the Secretary of War and Major-Gen. Sherman **Headquarters of Maj.-Gen. Sherman, City of Savannah, GA., Jan. 12, 1865 - 8 P.M.** On the evening of Thursday, the 12th day of January, 1865, the following persons of African descent met by appointment to hold an interview with Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and Major-Gen. Sherman, to have a conference upon matters relating to the freedmen of the State of Georgia, to wit: Garrison Frazier being chosen by the persons present to express their common sentiments upon the matters of inquiry, makes answers to inquiries as follows: 1. ***First:*** What your understanding is in regard to the acts of Congress and President Lincoln's [Emancipation] proclamation, touching the condition of the colored people in the Rebel States. **Answer:** So far as I understand President Lincoln's proclamation to the Rebellious States, it is, that if they would lay down their arms and submit to the laws of the United States before the first of January, 1863, all should be well; but if they did not, then all the slaves in the Rebel States should be free henceforth and forever. That is what I understood. 2. ***Second:*** State what you understand by Slavery and the freedom that was to be given by the President's proclamation. **Answer:** Slavery is, receiving by irresistible power the work of another man, and not by his consent. The freedom, as I understand it, promised by the proclamation, is taking us from under the yoke of bondage, and placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor, take care of ourselves and assist the Government in maintaining our freedom. 3. ***Third:*** State in what manner you think you can take care of yourselves, and how you can best assist the Government in maintaining your freedom. **Answer:** The way we can best take care of ourselves is to have land, and turn it and till it by our own labor—that is, by the labor of the women and children and old men; and we can soon maintain ourselves and have something to spare. And to assist the Government, the young men should enlist in the service of the Government, and serve in such manner as they may be wanted. (The Rebels told
Transcribed Image Text:### Minutes of an Interview Between the Colored Ministers and Church Officers at Savannah with the Secretary of War and Major-Gen. Sherman **Headquarters of Maj.-Gen. Sherman, City of Savannah, GA., Jan. 12, 1865 - 8 P.M.** On the evening of Thursday, the 12th day of January, 1865, the following persons of African descent met by appointment to hold an interview with Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and Major-Gen. Sherman, to have a conference upon matters relating to the freedmen of the State of Georgia, to wit: Garrison Frazier being chosen by the persons present to express their common sentiments upon the matters of inquiry, makes answers to inquiries as follows: 1. ***First:*** What your understanding is in regard to the acts of Congress and President Lincoln's [Emancipation] proclamation, touching the condition of the colored people in the Rebel States. **Answer:** So far as I understand President Lincoln's proclamation to the Rebellious States, it is, that if they would lay down their arms and submit to the laws of the United States before the first of January, 1863, all should be well; but if they did not, then all the slaves in the Rebel States should be free henceforth and forever. That is what I understood. 2. ***Second:*** State what you understand by Slavery and the freedom that was to be given by the President's proclamation. **Answer:** Slavery is, receiving by irresistible power the work of another man, and not by his consent. The freedom, as I understand it, promised by the proclamation, is taking us from under the yoke of bondage, and placing us where we could reap the fruit of our own labor, take care of ourselves and assist the Government in maintaining our freedom. 3. ***Third:*** State in what manner you think you can take care of yourselves, and how you can best assist the Government in maintaining your freedom. **Answer:** The way we can best take care of ourselves is to have land, and turn it and till it by our own labor—that is, by the labor of the women and children and old men; and we can soon maintain ourselves and have something to spare. And to assist the Government, the young men should enlist in the service of the Government, and serve in such manner as they may be wanted. (The Rebels told
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