A white supremacist is a person that postulates or believes that the white race is the best; therefore, they should have control of any other race that is inferior in their eyes. Now that you know the definition of what a white supremacist is, do you think that Abraham Lincoln was a white supremacist, or was he smart politician. Lincoln’s upbringing played a big part in the way he would eventually to come to feel about African American people. From the age of nine, Lincoln grew up in a very anti-slavery household, due to his father being a very strict Baptist. Lincoln eventually became interested and politics, and from there he was able to formulate his own opinion about African Americans. Once Abraham Lincoln decide to run for office, people
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The Black codes or as some people know them as the Negro codes, were another set of laws that oppressed blacks once again. Many think that the negro/black codes were just implemented just in the south; however, the code was strictly enforced in the Illinois as well, which was considered the north then. This code happened to be different in the north than in the south, but they both held black people back in many ways. In the south the black codes obstructed freed blacks ' activity and ensure their availability as a labor force, but this only was put into effect after the civil war. The Illinois black codes, only allowed blacks to work as servants, who may seem good, but they were not able to make any type of money at all. What does this mean for blacks? This servant job basically means that is very hard or very close to impossible for blacks to earn living, which means that the black could not support themselves, or their family. Not only was Lincoln for African Americans struggling, he also had “four specific areas in which he would support discrimination against blacks: voting, serving on juries, holding elective office and “intermarriage” with whites.”(Oakes 129). Given that information above make furthermore since in why Lincoln supported the black codes, which means once again his only concerned was to keep his people at the top of the so called totem pole, and a way to keep blacks at the bottom of totem pole, with no hope of every coming up or reaching the
The Black codes or as some people know them as the Negro codes, were another set of laws that oppressed blacks once again. Many think that the negro/black codes were just implemented just in the south; however, the code was strictly enforced in the Illinois as well, which was considered the north then. This code happened to be different in the north than in the south, but they both held black people back in many ways. In the south the black codes obstructed freed blacks ' activity and ensure their availability as a labor force, but this only was put into effect after the civil war. The Illinois black codes, only allowed blacks to work as servants, who may seem good, but they were not able to make any type of money at all. What does this mean for blacks? This servant job basically means that is very hard or very close to impossible for blacks to earn living, which means that the black could not support themselves, or their family. Not only was Lincoln for African Americans struggling, he also had “four specific areas in which he would support discrimination against blacks: voting, serving on juries, holding elective office and “intermarriage” with whites.”(Oakes 129). Given that information above make furthermore since in why Lincoln supported the black codes, which means once again his only concerned was to keep his people at the top of the so called totem pole, and a way to keep blacks at the bottom of totem pole, with no hope of every coming up or reaching the