The 1860s were a time of great change and the start to a more equal country. Laws were beginning to change and the development of new all black communities proved they were able to succeed without the help of white people. Civil Rights were finally granted to all races, slavery was abolished, and the civil war ended between the Northern and Southern states. Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God to show what was going on, based on her life experiences. Hurston’s characters show her viewpoint on the African American experience by reflecting in the story how the minimal use of white interaction shows how the black community could be independent and succeed on their own. As a result of the North winning the civil war, slaves, having the
