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... history does not furnish an example of emancipation under conditions less friendly to the emancipated class than this american example. liberty came to the freedmen of the united states not in mercy, but in wrath anger, not by moral choice but by military necessity, not by the generous action of the people among whom they were to live, and whose good - will was essential to the success of the measure, but by strangers, foreigners, invaders, trespassers, aliens, and enemies. the very manner of their emancipation invited to the heads of the freedmen the bitterest hostility of race and class. they were hated because they had been slaves, hated because they were now free, and hated because of those who had freed them. nothing was to have been expected other than what has happened, and he is a poor student of the human heart who does not see that the old master class would naturally employ every power and means in their reach to make the great measure of emancipation unsuccessful and utterly odious hateful. it was born in the tempest and whirlwind turmoil of war, and has lived in a storm of violence and blood. when the hebrews were emancipated, they were told to take spoil goods or property from the egyptians. when the serfs of russia were emancipated in 1861, they were given three acres of ground upon which they could live and make a living. but not so when our slaves were emancipated. they were sent away empty - handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land to stand upon. old and young, sick and well, were turned loose to the open sky, naked to their enemies. the old slave quarter that had before sheltered them and the fields that had yielded them corn were now denied them. the old master class, in its wrath, said, “clear out! the yankees have freed you, now let them feed and shelter you!... ” source: frederick douglass, life and times of frederick douglass, park publishing co., 1881 28 - according to this document, what did frederick douglass identify as a problem with the way the united states government emancipated the formerly enslaved people? respond in at least three sentences. your answer 29 - based on this passage, why does the author argue that simply declaring individuals “free” was insufficient to ensure their actual liberty and survival? use evidence from the text to support your answer. respond in at least three sentences. your answer

Explanation:

Frederick Douglass identified multiple problems. First, the emancipation was due to military necessity not moral choice. Second, the freed - people faced hostility from the old master class. Third, they were left without resources like land, money, or shelter.

Answer:

Frederick Douglass identified that the United States government's emancipation of formerly enslaved people was not based on moral choice but military necessity. The freed people faced intense racial and class hostility. They were also left without essential resources such as land, money, and shelter.