Reconstruction dialect
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Reconstruction - a time of rebirth and ascension. It was a new start for a race bounded by deRcades of slavery in this land of supposed freedom. When Abraham Lincoln read the Emancipation Proclamation, the blacks in the South were set free of those bounds. And when the last confrontation of the Civil War ended, the nation was once again reunited. With slavery abolished the United States entered a new era, as well as new literature holding within it a new dialect. The African American literature of the time reflected much of their lives, which were filled with struggle and anger, expressed through their vernacular. This struggle and anger became topic to many poems, novels, essays, and speeches. Writing was a way to get the word out, for it expressed the hardships of their lives and of their race. From powerfully written essays to delightfully written poetry, a race made its call for equality and acceptance. A distinct type of literature emerged from their specific language, which holds a mixture of thought, creativity, and sincerity...