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What is slavery?
Slavery is a system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a form of property. The two main races that were affected by slavery was African Americans and Whites, African Americans were taken from their country and brought here by Whites to do manual labor for them for over 240 years.It had originated in the 1620s in North America,and that it lasted until 1865 after the Civil War abolished slavery. -
The Civil War:The Northern vs Southern States
Due to the cruel treatment of African Americans over the years and how they were unfairly, the abolishment of slavery had occurred in the Northern states in the 1820's but the South trailed slowly behind and did not want to free their slaves, which them caused the American Civil War, which started on April 12th, 1861.The American Civil War was a fight for the freedom of salves in against Northern and Southern states, so that slaves in states such as Florida. Georgia, and Texas. -
The End of the Civil War: The Abolishment of Slavery 1865
At the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the abolishment of slavery was now in place now making it illegal to sell, own, or trade slaves which then shaped the 13th and 14th Amendment. -
Jim Crow Era: Racial Divide between African Americans and Whites
Jim Crow is a law that was passed in the United States, after the abolishment of slavery in 1865. The law was created to define the racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction Era in 1877. It was a way to marginalize African Americans and making them feel inferior because of what they represented to the world with such as their dark skin and full facial features, and southern twang. -
Jim Crow Must Go: Change is Coming
Although, the Jim Crow Era lasted for many years, African Americans wanted to make a change for their race, they no longer wanted to be segregated and be treated equally. To start off, in 1954 the segregation of public schools was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme also known as Brown v. Board of Education. This particular Supreme Court case was a very notable one, and it led to segregation ending in year 1965. -
Jim Crow Law Now Illegal: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
After a long fight with the judicial system for racial equality, the Jim Crow law became abolished in 1965 due to the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) fought against the Jim Crow laws. -
The Future of the United States: Pro Jim Crow Era
The Jim Crow law has been illegal for over 50 years, and African Americans and Whites have been able successfully co-exist is spaces where they were always segregated for example restaurants, schools, or different modes of transportation.
