Within this documentation of Quinn's life of being born into slavery, we can obtain an understanding of the lifestyle he had experienced by being born on a plantation and stating his master was Colonel Ogburn, who was one of the biggest plantation owners within the area of Mississippi.
For Quinn' it is clear that the Civil War had a significant impact on him due to joining the army and fighting in his home state Mississippi. In addition to this, he also fought in other states such as Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. By encouraging the ex-slaves to vote and voting on their behalf it was not the ex-plantation slave owners who acted out against him but the Black people themselves. Many of them believed he had 'Too much influence over the rest' and continued to intimidate him leading to them attempting to lynch him. The impact of the attempted lynching still has an effect on him to the day of his documentation being written as he states that he can 'still feel the rope around my neck', a long-term impact of the outcome of the Civil War that affects Quinn personally.
Quinn's reputable relationship with the White people of America led to him being discontent with the horrors that occurred after the Civil War. By seeing the ex-slaves lynch two little boys and attempt to lynch his White friend, led to the discontent he held towards the Black people.
Throughout Quinn's statement, it is clear that he frowns upon the work of the Black people within America after the Civil War. This was mainly due to the unnecessary treatment towards children within his account who had potentially not grasped an adequate understanding of the society that they were being brought up in within the American States, the behaviour Quinn saw, that had led to death for many was deemed unacceptable.
Sources: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.026/?sp=5
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