Abraham Lincoln: The Plight Of African Americans In The United States

Imagine a day, where you 're happy and full of life, to one where you 're happy,and full of life, to one where you hate life, as much as you hate yourself. A place when the pigment of your skin, became your enemy. No longer human, but less than an animal. Death was no longer feared, but appreciated. This occurred in the lives of ook the action,far too many African Americans. They were abused physically, mentally, and spiritually. Many of them were bonded by chains, by then white Americans with fair skin. Ever since then, it established that the more melanin you have, the more barbaric you were considered. More than a million of men and women were kidnapped from Africa, and sold by white men, to work without pay. Most people disregard the pain and agony they felt, but there were some who took a stand against it. There were many people who wanted to free the slaves, such as white male abolitionist, female abolitionist, and the slaves themselves.
Some of the people that went against slavery, were men. One of them, happen to be the president himself. Abraham lincoln, was the sixteenth …show more content…
Unfortunately so many lives were taken away, before it was established. Although slavery became illegal, many African Americans had to now struggle with how they were going to survive, since throughout their slave years, their masters provided them with food. Another thing they to endure, was trying to accept themselves. The white Americans put the that mindset, that the only beauty there was, was having a fair complexion. African American were still bonded by chains by white Americans mentally, just no longer bonded physically. Many of them felt that there was no hope that they would be free from this atrocity. Yet, there were still some caring people, that wanted them be considered more than a animal. Those remarkable people that stood up for them, until the fight was