Slavery was a very inhumane system in the south. Where African Americans were treated as property; meaning these humans could be sold and brought away from their families. The north wanted to end slavery, and industrialize America as a whole. This caused the blood Civil War between the north and the south. As a result of the war, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation; which lead to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Giving African American freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote. Rights amongst freed slaves were nonexistent because of Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, and extreme violence.
Jim Crow laws were used to racially desegregate former slaves from white society. This form of discrimination lasted from 1876 to 1965; almost a decade of oppression. Simple things like eating at a restaurant would have some form of Jim Crow. African Americans would not be served at white owned restaurants. In special occasions some blacks would be served throughout the back door; as if they were animals. In the minds of whites, African …show more content…
Blacks were use to using their hands for the profit of other, so being paid for the same work you were used to doing seemed right. Sharecropping was thought of as the only job that fit blacks. The process of sharecropping involved a landowner giving a portion of land, supplies, and a shack to a tenant; for the tenant to work and live on the land. At the of a time period, usually a month the tenant owes the landowner a percentage of the expected money that should be made of the crops. This made African Americans get deeper and deeper into depth as time increased. Putting African Americans into an uncompromising situation; where many had to flee to cities like Chicago for work, and better living opportunities. Many whites didn’t like the thought of blacks leaving the old south behind, and began to endorse acts of violence to keep blacks in the
Jim Crow laws were used to racially desegregate former slaves from white society. This form of discrimination lasted from 1876 to 1965; almost a decade of oppression. Simple things like eating at a restaurant would have some form of Jim Crow. African Americans would not be served at white owned restaurants. In special occasions some blacks would be served throughout the back door; as if they were animals. In the minds of whites, African …show more content…
Blacks were use to using their hands for the profit of other, so being paid for the same work you were used to doing seemed right. Sharecropping was thought of as the only job that fit blacks. The process of sharecropping involved a landowner giving a portion of land, supplies, and a shack to a tenant; for the tenant to work and live on the land. At the of a time period, usually a month the tenant owes the landowner a percentage of the expected money that should be made of the crops. This made African Americans get deeper and deeper into depth as time increased. Putting African Americans into an uncompromising situation; where many had to flee to cities like Chicago for work, and better living opportunities. Many whites didn’t like the thought of blacks leaving the old south behind, and began to endorse acts of violence to keep blacks in the