Thomas Jefferson once penned, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These words can still be found in the Declaration of Independence and we are progressively incorporating this ideology further into American lives. Thomas Jefferson, however did not live by his own code of ethics, he himself owned several hundred slaves. Even though slavery was eventually abolished in 1865, this brought an assortment of issues concerning freed slaves..
Once slavery had been abolished there was a new movement to figure out what to do with all of the freed slaves. Reconstruction brought a group of laws that started to bring segregation amongst African-Americans and southern-whites. These laws essentially created grandfather clauses amongst the states in which would limit the boundaries of the 15th and 16th amendments (cite, 2016). These amendments granted the freedoms to African Americans. The laws limited the jobs African Americans could work, created white only areas and prevented African Americans from voting in elections. Many of these laws prevented blacks from voting, by allowing property owners and families who had voted before …show more content…
Jim Crow was a reactionary movement that was led by Southern Populist farmers. Segregation brought many conflicts to the south. A key case to note is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and the effort it had to remove these clauses. In June of 1892 Homer Adolf Plessy, a light skinned man of one-eighth African descent (octoroon), bought a one-way First Class ticket and proceeded to board the white only car at Press Street Station in New Orleans. A conductor of the railroad and accomplice of Plessy asked his race and then escorted him to the colored cart once he had refused. Therefore, a case against segregation was
Once slavery had been abolished there was a new movement to figure out what to do with all of the freed slaves. Reconstruction brought a group of laws that started to bring segregation amongst African-Americans and southern-whites. These laws essentially created grandfather clauses amongst the states in which would limit the boundaries of the 15th and 16th amendments (cite, 2016). These amendments granted the freedoms to African Americans. The laws limited the jobs African Americans could work, created white only areas and prevented African Americans from voting in elections. Many of these laws prevented blacks from voting, by allowing property owners and families who had voted before …show more content…
Jim Crow was a reactionary movement that was led by Southern Populist farmers. Segregation brought many conflicts to the south. A key case to note is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and the effort it had to remove these clauses. In June of 1892 Homer Adolf Plessy, a light skinned man of one-eighth African descent (octoroon), bought a one-way First Class ticket and proceeded to board the white only car at Press Street Station in New Orleans. A conductor of the railroad and accomplice of Plessy asked his race and then escorted him to the colored cart once he had refused. Therefore, a case against segregation was