The concept of freedom has changed overtime, some have gotten more than other, but what is certain is north America has had its own shares of keeping people oppressed, enslaved and indentured, but do not get me wrong it has also expanded peoples’ freedoms. Freedoms that in other counties one would not have. Millions of people migrated to north America one point or another some for freedom, gain of wealth and practice religion freely. Freedom was not something that came over night some people had to fight their whole lives for freedoms. The growth of freedom was something slow something that sometimes took centuries.
As the Spanish came to the new world they came across people that were natives to the land they were referred …show more content…
The Africans were one the most affected by the colonization and the reconstruction of north America. For several hundred years the Africans were kidnaped and taken from their homeland and sold as property to be used as slaves. The whole process was called the Atlantic slave trade. The whole process was actually very lengthy. It started with the Europeans stealing young and old Africa and forcing them to walk to the coast where phase two took place called the middle passage. The middle passage was long and hard; two out of every ten Africans often died on the ship and had to be thrown overboard. The conditions on the ships during the middle passage were horrid. There was vomit, feces, and they were treated like cargo. After the middle passage they were sold in actions to the highest bidder to do what he or her chose since they were considered property. Not until 1807 Thomas Jefferson outlawed the import of all slaves, but that created a black market for them that continued for some years. This Is a group of individuals got their freedom taken away from them for not reason, but ton be used as profit. Although it seems wrong, but it seems slavery was necessary for the growth and development of north …show more content…
The fourteenth amendment defined everyone born in America as a citizen. this document did not grant blacks the right to vote, but it gave anyone of color security, right to property and employment. No state could discriminate against and the federal government would protect them. This Amendment was highly disputed because in a sense they were almost equals. This amendment also helped the fifteenth amendment which gave any citizen the right to vote regardless of race or color. By far the reconstruction era did the best job in granting equal rights for