Starting with the Native Americans in 1492 all the way to 1619 when the first African American slaves were brought to North America, there has always been a minority. Having a minority can cause the majority to feel higher than anyone else. The only problem with the first slaves being the Native Americans, their immune systems were not used to all of the European diseases which made them die off quickly. On the voyages over to Europe the Native Americans would die so when the Europeans go back to their country, there were not many people left for them to sell. This is why the White men turned to having the African Americans as slaves, because Europe had done trade with Africa for years so the African Americans were immune to the European diseases.
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Whites go to school and learn, while on the other hand it was illegal to teach the African Americans how to read and write. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of the main characters Jim is an African American man that is being helped by Huckleberry Finn to escape his owners. Jim repeatedly has mentioned how the white people are smarter than him because they read books and know how to write (Twain Mark).
Since the 19th Century, African Americans have the same rights that White people do. In the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the phrase “Separate but equal” was established. This doctrine was created in 1896, it also fell into the 14th Amendment. “The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9th, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed” need to cite this. Also with this doctrine came that it forbids any of the states form denying any person life, liberty or property, without due process of law
With this doctrine came that if the facilities were to provide to each race and if they were equal, then it was okay to segregate the races (Separate but
Whites go to school and learn, while on the other hand it was illegal to teach the African Americans how to read and write. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of the main characters Jim is an African American man that is being helped by Huckleberry Finn to escape his owners. Jim repeatedly has mentioned how the white people are smarter than him because they read books and know how to write (Twain Mark).
Since the 19th Century, African Americans have the same rights that White people do. In the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the phrase “Separate but equal” was established. This doctrine was created in 1896, it also fell into the 14th Amendment. “The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9th, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed” need to cite this. Also with this doctrine came that it forbids any of the states form denying any person life, liberty or property, without due process of law
With this doctrine came that if the facilities were to provide to each race and if they were equal, then it was okay to segregate the races (Separate but