Segregation After the civil war in the USA, the African Americans gain “equal” rights. But the 14th amendment in 1868 (Absolute equality of the two races before the law) didn’t include “social rights” which meant that they didn’t get much choices in society, like choosing where you wanted to sit on a bus. This still made the African Americans feel inferior, knowing that within their home town the “whites” had the choices, and actual freedom. Blacks responded to their situation in 4 ways as their situation began to worsen from 1877. They would co-operate with any willing whites, migrate to the North or West, protest politically and would follow accommodationism.
To understand the racism in this novel, we must first understand this novel illustrates the mistreatment, hatred and injustice towards African Americans in 1930’s. I will use examples from the novel to demonstrate these situations and examine culture in which they were acceptable. The beginning of black racism started when white people went to Africa and took captives and sold them in the southern U.S. Africa American started as possessions like animals—slaves. In the next 200-300 years, they suffered a life which a mankind can not bear anymore. They were forced to work without any payment.
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Harriet Ross Tubman was born in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet is believed to have been born in the year 1820. Because Harriet was born a slave, and the owners did not record their slave’s birthdays, the exact date of Harriet’s birth is unknown. Harriet was raised under extremely cruel conditions. Harriet, as well as the other slaves, was beaten on a regular basis even as a child.
Some slaves were treated badly and suffered through many hardships, some were whipped and most were deprived of an education. Abolitionists believed it was wrong to enslave a person, majority of Abolitionists lived in the North with only a few in the South. Abolitionists published antislavery newspapers, books, made speeches and entered politics to fight for the abolition of slavery. They also set up underground railroad systems to help runaway slaves escape to Northern states or to Canada. Abolitionists faced bitter and violent opposition in both the North and South.
Due to the poor condition of this inhuman means of transportation, many died during the trip . After landed in Brazil were bought as commodities by farmers and planters , who treated inhumanely and often violent . Although many considered normal and acceptable , slavery back then , there were those who were against this practice , but they were a minority and had no political influence to change the situation . However , slavery remained for nearly 300 years . The main factor that kept the slave system for so many years was economic .
However, African American played significant roles in the war effort in the Union Army during the Civil War. Few blacks lived in Free states. Those who lived the Free states were segregated. These African Americans were restricted in neighborhoods, they were unable to vote or ineligible to run for public office. Most men volunteered early in the war effort.
The blacks were treated in an inhumane style, receiving violent beating and extreme manual labour for many hours of the day, minimum amounts of food and poor living conditions. In 1861, the war against Slavery in America began. After 4 years of fighting between the Northern and Southern States of America that left of 600,000 dead, the Northern states had defeated the Southern states that had been fighting for slavery and their own secession. After becoming victorious, the Northern states and the President declared slavery to be abolished in America. However, even after its abolishment, blacks were still kept in slavery and were treated poorly and unequal to other, white Americans.
Their children were taken from them, families were separated, and many of them were either worked or beaten to death. Even after slavery was ended after the Civil was discrimination was powerful. When the Vietnam was came, African Americans contributed to the military efforts. However, they were forced to be in segregated units. Even though African Americans made up less then 10% of
It was much harder for blacks to get a job, and there employment position could be described as ‘the last to be hired, the first to be fired’. African Americans faced discrimination almost in every job, and they earned less, often due to the poor educational opportunities. The voting rights were different in the North from the South. In the North, almost all African Americans could vote. In the South however, the blacks were disfranchised, since the state governments introduced literacy tests, tests on the knowledge of constitution and Poll taxes, which African Americans had trouble with, because of poor education and financial problems.
The second stage of the Triangular Trade (the Middle Passage) involved shipping African slaves to the colonies. The duration of the journey varied from one to six months depending on weather conditions. Could you imagine being on a ship for this length of time? Conditions on the ships were horrendous; disease and overcrowded conditions were common. Many Africans refused to eat or jumped overboard, committing suicide.