African American in 19th Century

The Civil war after effects; set the scene for what would become a long road of

discovery, hardship, violence, and freedom however, during this process of transition the

American people went through emotional as well economical changes which added

additional stress to an already stressed nation where many groups became fearful and

were subjected to racism which crossed over the boundary of liberty and Justice for all.

Equality had become an endangered liberty guaranteed by a country build upon

democracy, regrettably the African American people were not the only ones to suffer

many vast groups faced hard days in America at the turn of the century several violent

attacks were specifically carried out on the African American men and women even

though, the civil war brought a lot of changes it produced little or no results for African

American men; however, it did bring harsher persecution all over the country, whereas

mass numbers of black men were lynched in the lower southern states in a show of

defiance.

"The Emancipation Act" did nothing for the white man but still provided less for the

African black man who were still unable to vote in addition to having descent jobs with

adequate pay many were forced back to the farm as sharecropper's despite the set

backs they percervered through the racial remarks and slanders.

Black men and women were segragated from the start and separate waiting rooms

bathrooms and dinning facilities openly poject the sentiments of the American people of

the era,within the State of Mississippi; In Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), The Supreme Court

reinforced that "Blacks and Whites should be separate, but equal." The statement

SEPERATE but EQUAL! thosewords only produced Segregation on a bias legal system of

fairness and equality in which a country struggling already became the fuel on a fire

already burning and would later divided the country in later years sparking new violence

and refocused hatred.

More over the Men and women of that time were forced to swear on separate bibles, they

couldn’t vote in the election in the country in which they were guaranteed equal rights

because they were under disfranchisement, and the racism was developing more and

more is some southern locations, for an example many southern states legislated that if

your grandfather had cast a ballot then you are allowed to vote and this law supported

that nearly all southern white mean were permitted to vote and excluded all African

Americans in most situations