AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY From the time our country was founded, many African Americans lived a life of hardship merely because the color of their skin. In many instances they were treate
AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY From the time our country was founded, many African Americans lived a life of hardship merely because the color of their skin. In many instances they were treate
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AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
From the time our country was founded, many African Americans lived a life of hardship merely because the color of their skin. In many instances they were treated as animals, being sold and traded in shackles and chains. At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence when the country was founded, most African Americans worked as slaves. Working conditions for slaves were inhumane, who were often forced to work long hours in the sweltering summer heat. In 1865, the ratification of the 13th amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States.
However, this was not the end of inequality and segregation for African Americans. The racism in the south did not stop just because slavery ended. For decades after the end of slavery, laws such as the Jim Crow laws significantly limited African American’s rights and freedoms. In addition, share-cropping allowed servitude to continue only in a different form. Former slaves were now financially