African American Hardships

During Reconstruction, African Americans’ freedoms were very restricted. There were strict regulations on voting, relationships, employment, firearms, and other freedoms that white people had. African American faced disenfranchisement for years after being freed and becoming citizens. In What a Black Man Wants by Frederick Douglass, Douglass angrily demands the freedom to vote that every American deserved. He assesses the black man’s contribution to society and wonders why this contribution has not led to more rights. Those who were supposed to be fighting for the rights of freed slaves were not speaking up. Even the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society was not fighting for the rights of the freed slaves. Because of the restrictions on voting, African Americans did not have the same power over their own lives that white people had. Disenfranchisement is just one way white people limited freedoms of freed slaves.

In the time period between 1775 and 1830, African Americans start to gain more freedom in the North while the institution of slavery expanded in the South. These changes occurred due to the existence of different point of views. The North did not need slavery and acknowledge the cons of slavery while the South’s want for slavery quickly became a need.

I do believe that any obstacle or disadvantage can turn into something good. I know this because people learn from their mistakes. Some people give up or lose hope when they are encountering an obstacle. Anything can be make up by thinking or a wise decision.

Then change in the 1730’s a religious group called the Quakers would inspire the Great Awakening which abolished slavery and demanded that slave holders across the colonies to do the same. That they would start to happen after the American Revolution by 1820’s and the north was on a path to end slavery for good and allowed blacks to live free in the north for the first time in American history, but that did not change for the south. The south offering liberties to white plantation owners have offered a few rights to blacks they would develop the ⅗ compromise that would determine how slaves would be counted as far as tax and legislative representation. While slavery started to get essentially worse in the southern states. It seems that the American Revolution did not do anything for the Africans for “freedom” besides what they did in the northern states by 1804. Every northern state either abolished slavery or passed a law to eliminate it

to which the president of the United States has signed his name,” (Dudley 181). Just by demanding that all slavery be abolished in certain areas, this considerably changed the ways of the African American people. With this new feeling of freedom, many African Americans began to fight for other rights to accompany this. (Dudley 180-183)

From 1775 to 1830, many African Americans gained freedom from, yet during the same period the institution towards the southern parts of America to work in plantations. This was the start of new changes that was going to take place that free African Americans and enslaved African Americans. Between 1775 and 1830 was one of the greatest trials that came with many challenges for the African Americans to confront these issues.

African Americans, among their families, and their communities find themselves in an unceasing battle for survival in a world that has previously, and to this day, brought many hardships and sufferings. Although America has succeeded in abolishing slavery, there are still aspects of racism and economic segregation that occur within residential areas. This being said, many individuals of the African American race become primary targets and victims to devastating economic and social disadvantages. The articles, "Survival and Death in New Orleans: An Empirical Look at the Human Impact of Katrina" written by Patrick Sharkey and "African American Men and the Prison Industrial Complex" by Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery similarly bring attention to the social injustices that African Americans are forced to endure while offering two different scenarios; the predominantly black communities affected by Hurricane Katrina and mass incarceration of African American men for the selling and abuse of illicit drugs.

Throughout the passage many of the Africans go through a developmental situation which goes onto a very physical and mental note to develop defense mechanisms for survival. Some of the most difficult and most used mechanisms of defense that the Africans were put through was the act of starvation, being a hard-working slave, that was treated terribly and had no breaks, and the living environments and environment exposure. Documents A, B, D, F and G will help further explain the hardships African slaves faced, and how the Africans handled the hardships that they faced throughout.

The North thought there shouldn’t be slavery, and the South thought there should be. This ended up causing the South to secede from the Union, which in turn caused the bloodiest war in American history to take place. After the Union won the war and slaves were freed shortly after, there was a great deal of bitterness from the South for a long time. For a long time after slavery was abolished, African Americans still didn’t have many rights. Not until the late 1900s were rights given to them. It took nearly 300 years for African Americans to be treated right, and sometimes they still

Many African Americans got freedom and many didn’t which resulted in them being enslaved again or dying. The Revolutionary War caused too many deaths and unfair

During the time of the Revolutionary War, the pressure between Great Britain and the 13 Northern America colonies were fighting to regain independence. Thus, African-Americans had the choice to join in and be able to gain independence and freedom from their white supporters. Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens wanted to give them that chance of having freedom and wanted to create large troops of Africans who would fight with the Patriots in exchange for their freedom. Eventually, The African-Americans adjusted as the belief of abolishment became more acceptable to those blacks willing to help the USA in the revolution against Britain. Again, it was hard for African-Americans to achieve independence, they had to fight for their freedom throughout

The American revolution was an inspiration to black people they hope the words of the patriots would apply equally to them, but they were wrong there was 700,000 slaves in the united states at its birth they had no rights and no power yet they determined hold america to its ideals there struggle would last for generation. Chapel massachusetts at the time before the time of america country this was slave country slavery was legal here just as it was in each of the 13 colonies, but the revolution brought new laws to this land one slave began to test these laws her name was Macbeth she heard talk about a new constitution that said all men were free so Mambeth decided to act.

During the time of the Revolutionary War, tensions between Great Britain and the 13 Northern America colonies were fighting to regain independence. The African-Americans had the choice to join in and be able to gain independence and freedom from their white supporters. Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens wanted to give them that chance of having freedom and wanted to create large troops of Africans who would fight with the Patriots in exchange for their freedom. The African-Americans had to adjust as the belief of abolition became more acceptable to those blacks willing to help the USA in the revolution against Britain. Although it was hard for African-Americans to achieve independence, they had to fight for their freedom throughout their lives

The African American experience is one that is quite different from other racial/ ethnic groups. The majority of the first African American came over, unwillingly, on ships from various African countries. They were brought to America by white, European settlers to be used as slaves in an order to plant and harvest their crops and make money for the white man. This racial group was treated as if they were property and not people. However, with the ending of the American Civil War, African Americans gained freedom, freedom that not all white American were quite ready to handle. After gaining their freedom came the need for education, jobs and suffrage rights. Now in America this racial group has come a long way, having elected its first African American present for two terms, yet still there are many issues that are very prevalent. This racial group has been fighting their way to equality since the birth of this nation. African Americans have experienced an array of conflict, violence, stereotypes, prejudice acts, and discrimination against them throughout their history in America.

African Americans were another group who were obviously not treated equally in the Revolutionary generation. The majority of African Americans in America were slaves; were held to have no rights and only counted as three fifths of a person when being counted for census. The slaves understood what was meant in the Declaration of Independence and began seeking freedom from their masters before the American Revolution was won. In 1777 a group of slaves petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature to declare them free, stating that slaves “…have in Common with all other men a Natural and Unaliable Right to that freedom.” They continue by pointing out that they never gave up their rights as free men, but were captured and forced into slavery (Natural and Inalienable Right). Slaves were not the only African Americans who had fewer rights than white Americans. A group of free African Americans petitioned the Senate of South Carolina to repeal the Negro Act which unconstitutionally prevented them from testifying in court. Their petition showed how they were law abiding and tax-paying citizens, and even stated they did not want “…equal footing with the Free white citizens of the State in General…” (Bricklayer, Mathews and Butchers) but their petition was rejected (A Memorial).