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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
This is Unfair
I would like you to make a case, briefly, that African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War. How would you defend this argument, using only one supporting point.....
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The African Americans don’t deserve to be treated this way. They have their rights to be free and to vote, why have them take a test to vote? What’s so wrong with the African Americans voting? They are free now, and they have their liberty, can someone tell me what’s so wrong with them voting? The African Americans started coming to the United States be become slaves. We just won the civil war and they are free now. The segregation is over they have the right to vote so, what’s so wrong with them not being able to vote? They work hard, they are smart and they don’t want the whites to be rude and unkind to them any more. They don’t like it and they defiantly don’t deserve it.
African Americans were treated unfairly even after the civil war. That's a fact. Even though the 14th and 15th Amendment gave them rights, like the right to vote, they were never really treated equal to whites until much later. One example of this was Jim Crow laws. Around the South, these laws spread inequality and segregation more than anything. Blacks had to basically everything separate from whites. They couldn't eat with whites in restaurants, drink from the same fountain, and black and white children couldn't even get an education together. And on top of that, black facilities were almost always much worse than the "whites only" ones, so the saying "separate but equal" wasn't even true.
African Americans suffered form the same equality after we won the civil war as they did before it. Even though the 14th and 15th amendments gave them the right to vote and they were now citizens, they were denied these rights. One example of why this is so unfair is the Grandfather Clause. It states that any person who wanted to vote was only allowed to do so if their grandfather had. Now African Americans were just granted this right so no African American had any relatives who voted, so they couldn't vote. Even after this everyone had to take a test to vote. The test for the African Americans was much harder than the test that whites had to take, which was just not right.
It was the whites fault that African Americans were treated like this. They couldn't stop it, the whites had to eventually grow up and treat them equal. The whites thought, even though we gave blacks the chance to be treated equal, we can change that. We can make almost impossible for them to vote (even though they should vote) and we can continue to make their lives miserable. The whites never wised up until much later.
If the white people of America want to be horrid to the other races, then that's their own fault. All the other people wanted to become friends and live in peace, harmony, and equality. And they deserved to be treated correctly because they have done nothing wrong. Every person has their right to be treated fairly by others, says the 14th and 15th Amendments. Every building had the 'white only' and 'colored' signs. Whenever some white guy back then said that the races were 'separate but equal', they were lying.
African Americans were treated unfairly after the Civil War. Even though the 14th and 15th amendment gave the African Americans rights like citizenship and the right to vote southern whites still made it very difficult for blacks to use those new rights. Southerners made up tough laws like the Grand Father Clause. When an African American went to vote they were asked at some places if there grandfather got to vote if he didn't then that individual could not vote. This was unfair because African Americans just got the right to vote so their grandfathers defiantly did not vote. Clearly African Americans were treated unfairly.
The African American were treated unfairly which was very unfair. for many years African Americans haven't been able to vote which was just one of the things that were taken away from the African Americans. but when they got the right to vote many of the states weren't happy they took it on their self to make the own little laws within their states which made it so no African Americans could vote. One of the laws was called the Grandfather Clause which was, the only way that you could vote is if your grandfather voted. This made it so that all whites could vote and most of the African Americans could since the law was just made. this was ver unfair to the African Americans who wanted a say in their government.
I think to first make a case, we need to define equality between African Americans and Caucasians. In this case, equality would mean creating a universal standard for buildings, education, etc. Once the standard has been set, it would be clear to see that based on photography and first person accounts, African Americans were not treated equally. For proof here is a picture: http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/limbaugh-segregation1.jpg
Post Civil War, African Americans were treated unequal to whites. The 13th Amendment made them free, and the 14th Amendment gave the citizenship. So by treating black worse then whites, they went against the Amendments and the laws of the United States. To show this was in the south the Jim Crow laws which were only enforced on blacks. These laws restricted blacks from being able to do the same things as whites. For example, blacks couldn't kiss in public but the law never said anything about whites kissing in public.
After the Civil War there were many unfair laws made to try to stop as much of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments from taking full effect as possible. Jim Crow laws were created so that black and whites could be separated from each other, however equal. This separate but equal law however did not go the way it should have. With whites making laws by themselves, they pretty much could boss people around with no punishment. One example of this was Rosa Parks. She was sitting on a nicer, (white), part of the bus when a white man came up to her and demanded that she moved. This man was bossing her around in a way that was totally unfair. If Rosa listened to the man, she would have been basically admitting to defeat. If she didn't listen, she would be sent to jail, and thats exactly what happened. Why were whites allowed to "bully" blacks around? It's just unfair.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the civil war despite the fact that they received rights through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. One of the main injustices that the African Americans were subject to after the civil war were the black codes. The black codes were out into place by the southern states and they basically limited all rights of the African Americans. These codes were unfair and unjust and were just one example of the many awful things African Americans had to go through even after they were "given" rights.
African Americans were always treated unfairly, even after the Civil War, in which they helped us during a great ordeal. They earned their right to vote, and yet they were tested on the things whites knew they didn't possess, such as education. The whites gave the black men, who came to vote, literacy tests in which they couldn't comprehend. Most blacks didn't get a proper education as a child, so they couldn't even read the instructions. Some may wonder why the white men did this. The answer is simple, they wanted the white southern men to reign in politics. They didn't want the black men population to tarnish the vote and get white men in favor of helping blacks to have an impact on others. The black population was thriving and white men were unsure of how to stop the constant protests, fights, and court cases involving African Americans voting. They were blinded by power and made unfair actions, like the literacy test.
Following the Civil War African-American's were made citizens and were given rights equal to those of a white person with the 14th, 15th, and 16th Ammendments. Although these Ammendments were made they were not followed by the greater part of the white population and blacks were still considered less that a person. Why should they have to sit in separate sections on a bus and have to use different bathrooms? They are people not animals so why then, are they treated so badly. It is not our right to oppress people based on the color of their skin. This racism is wrong and is a civil evil that must be stopped.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly after the Civil War. Although the 14th, and 15th amendment gave them rights, for example the right to vote, they were still not treated equally. An example of this is the Grandfather Claus, which was when an African American tried to vote, they were told that they could not vote unless the grandfather had. Sine African Americans had just received that right to vote, obviously none of their elders had voted. I think AfricanAmericans were treated very poorly during this time period.
The African Americans should not have been treated the way they were after the Civil War. They were given rights to vote, which seemed like a step in the right direction, but then a law came out known as the Grandfather Clause, which disabled their ability to vote. It stated that in order to vote, you had to have a grandfather that could vote. This created a problem for most African Americans, because their grandfathers' were slaves and didn't vote. While it was obviously created to prohibit the African Americans (and other immigrants) from voting, it was passed and thought to be constitutional in the early 1900's. This caused a large amount of separation between th African Americans and the Whites.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly after the war. Although African Americans did get the right to vote, they were still treated like dirt. Why should someone get the chance to vote, and feel that they have done something to change the american mind, but then find out that Americans don't care about them, they just want more votes? No one should ever have to feel like that. The African Americans have there own rights now, so why should they have to be discriminated by because of there race? They have the same rights to vote as Americans, but Americans don't get kicked once there down, so why should African Americans?
African Americans were treated unfairly in many fields, including a very discriminating area, voting. Apparently to whites at the time the 13th 14th and 15th Amendment were created, Amendments promoting Black Rights meant little or nothing. While whites had to do almost nothing to vote, Blacks were only allowed to vote after going through a procedure that drastically reduced the number of black voters. Blacks might have had to guess correctly the number of cotton balls in a jar to even be able to take the voters application test which was often impossibly hard and given solely to Blacks. Sometimes Blacks were also asked unfair questions to be allowed to vote as shown from the Grandfather Clause. In the Grandfather Clause only Blacks whose grandfather had voted were allowed to vote. This worked very well for the whites because the Blacks just got the right to vote- how could their grandfathers have had the opportunity to vote? Voting is just one of the many realms Blacks were discriminated against, but it may have been the biggest.
The African Americans should have been treated much better than they were following the civil war. They were underprivileged, denied rights they were supposedly granted because of technicalities, and generally terrorized. The Civil War was over, and the blacks were now free! What is free? The black community had spent most of its American life either enslaved, or as half citizens, called people, but still seen as animals that didn’t deserve the rights whites deserved. They were finally told they could vote, go to the same schools as white children; apply for any job they wanted to. But no one could vote if their grandfather hadn’t voted, the children would fail out of school if they were half grown and couldn’t read, no normal white man from that time period was going to allow a black man to work under him as a judge, or a doctor, no matter how smart he was. On a daily basis, blacks were bullied by their white brothers, pushed around and threatened. And on a nightly basis, those threats were fulfilled. Blacks were set on fire, lynched, kidnapped, and tortured. And the police and authorities never did anything about it, because most of them didn’t like black people all that much either. So the oppression and death continued. Does this sound like freedom to you?
African Americans were treated unfairly and differently from whites. They weren't allowed to vote after they got their right from the 15th amendment. There were tests and all these rules for African American in the South because the Southerners didn't want them to be able to vote. For example there was the grandfather clause.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the Cvil War ended and the slaves were granted freedom. A very obvious example of the segregation that was going on even after the resolution that the blacks were free was how they had to take a test to vote. This test was based on things that the whites knew that the blacks never learned like reading and writing because they were slaves. So the only way a black could vote was to pass the test an very few of the black population did, but even with the blacks able to be free and use their basic rights why werent the blacks allowed to vote? Well they werent because they wouldnt vote for whites and what the whites wanted and would only vote for blacks so by making them able to vote it takes the complete power right away from the whites and shifts it even. That was originally what was supposed to happen as a result of the north winning the Civil War, but it didnt turn out that way so easily
even after the 14th and 15th amendment black people were still treated badly by white people. they had to follow the same rules in society but still there life was made into a misery because white were afraid of what would happen if they actually could use the right that they "had". it was not fair. they helped and did anything they could but whites still needed to use the fact of the missing education to turn it all around and to make it impossible to do stuff like voting. it was like a dog running behind his tail, he knew it was there but he could never entirely reach it..
African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War because the way people acted towards them, the places they could go, and the things they could use were all inferior to those of the whites. If you were to walk into a restaurant, African Americans would be forced to sit in the back instead of in the front, where the whites were seated. This is also not fair because the 14th amendment defined citizenship, ultimately saying that African Americans were citizens. If they were citizens, then they certainly weren't treated as fairly as the other citizens. Also, the 15th amendment stated that they would receive the right to vote. However, some states would distribute states to African Americans with questions on it that they did not know, whereas with the whites they might give them easier questions. This, too, is unequal. Overall, the African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War.
African Americans should not have been treated as they were. One example of these unfair acts was their right to vote. After African Americans were given the right to vote, whites still didn't let them. They came up with two different "excuses" so that African Americans couldn't vote. Those two "excuses" were the "grandfather clause" and a "fake" literacy test. The reason why it was "fake" was because of the inhuman questions. There were questions such as "what is the inaugural date for a US senator"? If somebody passed these tests, they would let them vote. The chances of passing these literary test was very slim.
They were treated with no equality, because the whites were avoiding the fact that African Americans did get their rights after the Civil War. African Americans were treated the same prior and after the war, because the whites were making ridiculous laws restraining their rights. One example is the Jim Crow laws in the South. These laws stated that African Americans had to basically do everything separated from whites if the environment "was separate, but equal." The facilities were "separate", but were far from "equal." African Americans had to drink from different water fountains, ones that were dirtier, and in worse locations than that of whites' water fountains. African Americans and white children weren't even allowed to go to school together. African Americans didn't receive the respect, or rights that they deserved.
African Americans struggled to inherit the same equality as the white race. After the North won the civil war, they believed they had finally achieved those rights, only to find out that the freedom they so desperately craved was denied. Even though, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments clearly stated that African Americans had the right to vote and were now citizens, the white people still rejected them. An example of why this horrific era was so unfair is the Grandfather Clause. This rule states that any person who wanted to vote was only allowed if their grandfather had. African Americans were just granted with this right, so none of the African American race could vote. Overall, this act is truly disgusting and not right.
African Americans had done nothing wrong. They were given their rights yet citizens kept denying their rights. Why? Because their skin was different. An example of this was in the voting poles. Some southern states had unfair voting requirements such as having to take test prior to voting. For the white citizens they were basic; what's your name where are you from. But for African Americans they asked for specific dates and names that even normal citizens didn't know.
African Americans should be given the right to vote because they play a huge part in this country. When they were enslaved they were the work force of the country and they still were even after they were freed. With out them our economy would not have been as strong and the great depression would probably lasted years longer than it did. Shouldn't people that have given so much for this country be aloud to influence it with their votes? They did nothing to deserve the treatment they received and they deserved much more than they were given.
After the Civil War was over the African Americans were supposed to get all the same rights the whites had. they did get these right, but they were not allowed to practice them. these is very unfair to the African American people.
after the civil war ended the blacks were set free from slavery but in a way nothing really changed. they were still treated like garbage, they still couldnt really get jobs, and and if they did find jobs there wouldnt really be a differents from what they already had. But the civil war was good for one thing and that was that it started a chain reaction in making blacks equal.
Even though the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments gave the African Americans right to make them equal to white men. Unfortunately, these amendments to the constitution did not have any effect on the African Americans because they created the Jim Crow laws. The Black Codes was made the south full of inequality and segregation. As a result, the blacks just did the same thing as white but it was harder and it was more inconvenient to the African Americans. So for many years African Americans where not able to vote, drink out of the same water fountains, go to different bathrooms, even sit in different place then the whites in trains and cars, and much more. Clearly, the African Americans did deserve to be treated with much more respect that they were.
Even though the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments gave the African Americans right to make them equal to white men. Unfortunately, these amendments to the constitution did not have any effect on the African Americans because they created the Jim Crow laws. The Black Codes was made the south full of inequality and segregation. As a result, the blacks just did the same thing as white but it was harder and it was more inconvenient to the African Americans. So for many years African Americans where not able to vote, drink out of the same water fountains, go to different bathrooms, even sit in different place then the whites in trains and cars, and much more.
African Americans were treated horrible after the civil war because whites still didn't believe that they wee equals. There was the 15th amendment which allowed them the the right to vote but with the Jim Crow laws it kind of cancelled it out. The Jim Crow law stated that African americans cannot vote if their grandparents didn't vote so even though the amendment was passed only their grand children and on could vote.
African American were always treated poorly and unfairfley, even after they were given the 14th and 15th amendments, which meant they were legally American citizens and had the right to vote. One example of African Americans being treated unfairley was the grandfather law. The grandfather law was passed when the African Americans were given the right to vote. The grandfather law meant that you could only vote if your grandfather voted. This law was passed to ensure that African Americans would not vote, because thier grandfather couldnt vote.
I believe that the Jim crow laws really were un fair because they were supposed to be separate but equal although most things were not very equal. For example the african- American train car there was no way way to get food and while all of the white travelers would be able to get a bed they wouldn't. Also all the public facilities were much worse for aferican-Americans.
The African American were treated very unfairly because they had equal rights in every way and then the whites came and pretty much took it away. Like when they were able to vote the whites said you can vote but only if your grandfather could vote but most of them there grandfather was a slave so they could not vote which was unfair.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly. One big reason why they were treated unfairly was because of the whites in the south not letting them vote. One way they did this was by giving the African Americans a test about America's history which basically no one could pass. Another rway they could make no blacks vote was by the voter must have his grandfather voted before which was impossible for African Americans because they just got the right to vote. So that is why African Americas couldn't vote.
It is the law. What the whites did to the african americans was terrible and cruel. African Americans are citizens of the united states just like everyone else. why is it that just because they were born with a different skin color they get the dirty end of the stick. They got there rights but they still werent fully equal to the whites. African americans are just as good as whites.
The African Americans were not treated well at the end of the Civil War. Even though their rights were granted through the14th and 15th amendment, they were still not able to exercise them due to voting restrictions in the south. These were a way the south could still obey the law, yet prevent the blacks from voting. Because the north won the war, and passed the amendments giving them their rights, it was most likely that they would vote in favor of northern candidates, therefore the north would be in power. The Grandfather Clause was one example of a way blacks were kept from voting; in order for them to be allowed to vote, their grandfather had to have been able to vote. This was unbelievably unfair, because the African American had just been granted these rights, therefore none of them could vote, because their grandfathers couldn't. Even though this actions weren't just, they were legal and terribly discriminatory.
After the Civil War ended, Negroes were given rights from the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment saying that slavery was abolished, Negroes were citizens, and that they had the right to vote. The Southerners worked their way around that right, and prevented the Negroes from voting. The Negroes were segregated in all ways by the laws that TIGHTLY restricted their actions and freedom! They openly oppressed the Negroes! The Negroes didn't get to vote because the states would create tests and impossible requirements that would ensure that Blacks couldn't qualify to vote.
The African Americans don' deserve to be treated this way because the 14th and 15th amendments were passed. The 14th defined citizenship but the blacks were still treated like they were superior to whites. Also the 15th gave blacks the right to vote but the states put restrictions on that so the blacks couldn't vote. That is why African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War.
White people treated the African Americans very badly. An example of this is the voting laws in the south. When the blacks got the right to vote, the southern state government made up a series of laws and tests to take that right away from them. One of these tests was a literacy test. An African American was asked to read a long document like the constitution and a white person has to read a simple sentence like "I like pie."This was an example on how badly the African Americans were treated.
African Americans were treated very unfairly. African Americans were always less than whites and the whites thought they they were better than them just because of their race. For example the 15th amendment stated that everyone had the right to vote no matter what race you were. That law wasen't actually put into force until 1870. Even then when the African Americans went to vote they would have to take a literacy test and they couldn't read or they would say if your grandfather voted then you can vote but they just received the right to vote that was called the "Grandfather Clause". It was very unfair and it to a lot of hope and courage for the African Americans to get through that time period.
African americans were treated unfairly during and after the civil war. Although the 14th and 15th amendment gave them rights they never actually received those rights due to some presidents that did not agree with those amendments. An example of this was the grandfather clause. Now that was one of the ways that whites would secretly deny the right to give blacks their voting rights. Te grandfather clause stated that you were only allowed to vote if your grandfather did so blacks just granted this right so their grandfathers obviously did not vote although the whites grandfathers did.
The African Americans didn't deserve to be treated unfairly. The whites treated the African Americans badly, just because they had a different skin tone, or because there looks on the outside. I believe that we are all the same inside. Even though the African americans were treated like mud by the whites, they got through it. The whites never stopped being cruel until way later.
African Americans did not deserve to be treated the way they were. It was unfair for them to have to go threw poll taxes and literacy tests, when they were uneducated. Also, white people would imagine false chargers against them, all of this combined defiantly scared away and intimidated African Americans for registering to vote. They did nothing to deserve to be treated like this, it was extremely unfair.
It is clearly evident that the African Americans were not treated fairly. They did not even have the same rights. They were not allowed to express their opinions on the government. They were not allowed the same opportunity's as any white male. They were free but they were still treated like slaves.They also were not citizens so they could not own property. African Americans had no basic rights. They were treated with utter disrespect.
Following the civil war African Americans were discriminated and their rights were violated. The biggest way that African Americans were treated terribly was separate but equal is unequal. This was very bad because blacks were denied things like clean restrooms, a good education, and proper transit.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the civil war and denied their rights in southern states. This is because even though they had received the right to vote, the people int he south knew that they would all vote for the north because the north saved them form slavery. The south couldn't discriminate against only African Americans, so they made unfair policies and tests that everyone but the African Americans could pass. This was a great idea for the southerners, but the African Americans deserved the right to vote.
After the Civil War African Americans were still not treated like people. Even though the 14th and the 15th amendment gave them all their rights. The Jim Crow laws made whites and blacks separate from each other so they were never really equal. They were never really equal because the whites had better conditions then the blacks did. The whites had better bathrooms. restaurants, fountains, and whites even made the blacks sit in the back of the bus. The whites punished the blacks if they even walked into a white restaurant. This was an example on how blacks were treated after the Civil War.
African Americans were treated unfairly and deserved their rights, thats why the 15th and 14th amendment were made to stop this. but many p`aces in the south had made other rules, procedures, and regulations to prevent them from doing so.
African americans don't deserve to be treated like this. they have rights just as we do. African americans shouldn't have to take a test to be able to vote, they should be able to vote without taking a test. They are free now because we have just went through four years of war with the south (confederacy). Their rights shouldn't be questioned. They have worked to get this country to where it is right now we should be thanking them but instead we are killing them and being unkind. they dont deserve this.
I would say that since us whites are treated fairly and we are each human than African Americans should be treated just as kind with the same respect and rights. Just because of the color of your skin doesn't mean that you have some power over another colored skin. we humans shouldn't be forced to have debates, fights and even wars over this. We all should except the fact that african americans are just as equal as any white person in the US. We all should care for each other even if you are purple, green,or blue skinned.
I mainly think the whole thing was wrong, going to Africa getting slaves and using them to help your plantations. It is unfair because African Americans are still human. They are still men or women so what's so wrong with them. just because the color of their skin. It just shows the ignorance that the white people had back then. Most people think that they have to punish African Americans, but for what? They used to tie African American's to horses and have the horses pull apart so they stretch the body of the African American's. What was the whole point of that? Then they would do the same thing to children. I bet if they would just think about them being in that situation and how it would feel they would think again and see how treating African Americans very poorly is wrong. I don't understand why in the world that time period happened it was just stupid. but it got us to where we are today and that's freedom. -Star
Following The Civil War, African American's were given the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments which gave them rights. Unfortunately, these rights were soon disregarded and African American's were treated unfairly once again. The South soon found a way to have voting restrictions, which was a way where they were still obeying the law however it prevented blacks from voting. The South wouldn't want blacks to vote for a couple of reasons, a main one being a fact that they would vote for the North because after all, the North won the war for them and granted them the amendments. This would keep the North in power instead of the South. So, one of the ways that the South kept the North from voting was using the "Grandfather Clause". It was a restriction on voting that exempted those whose ancestors (grandfathers) had the right to vote before the Civil War. Since before the Civil War almost all African American's were slaves their grandfathers did not vote, therefore neither could they. This is just one example of how people found a way around the new amendments to be discriminative towards blacks.
Despite the rights african americans were given in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments after the civil war, they were still treated far from equal with whites, we are all aware of that. But you can see this clearly by simply looking at the segregated "separate but equal" stations, which were clearly far from equal. Pictures of the separate establishments show that colored only restaurants, bathrooms, and even schools, are all nowhere near as large, well built, or even as sanitary as the white's were. simply put, separate but equal is not equal, thus inequality.
African Americans don't deserve to be discriminated against under any circumstances. They were treated poorly and had no rights. But with the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendment made them american citizens and gave them the right to vote.
The African Americans were treated differently by the whites. Even though the 14th and 15th Amendment gave them the right to vote they still treated them unfairly. "Separate but equal" was supposed to help the blacks. It did a bit but not a lot. they had the things that the whites had. Cinemas, restaurants, diners, libraries, schools, hospitals, and other things. But that doesn't mean that the things they got were well treated. they were as nice as the whites had. They were probably old, rotten, and mis- treated.
If I would defend this argument using only one supporting point it would be that they were freed from slavery, so why are they still be treated as slaves? Why would white officials go to such lengths just to keep them from expressing the rights that the whites already have? The white people already had their rights, so why not share their rights with people that are equal to them besides skin color. It is so unfair because African Americans work just as hard as blacks, and they still don't receive the rights they deserve. We wont the Civil War and all the African American men are free and therefore have the right to vote, yet some people (white officials) will clearly do anything to keep them from expressing their right. It was a very unfair situation but luckily, today everyone has the right to vote of every race.
African Americans were treated very unfairly throughout the years, they went through so much, being slaves, worker with unfair wages, and being brutally treated by white people if they even thought about going to school with them or even thinking about being friends or equals with them. I would have to choose one of these points to defend my case and i would choose the slave point to defend it. When African Americans were treated as slaves they were treated as almost dirt and that was unfair they deserve to be treated better
African Americans were treated very unfairly throughout the years, they went through so much, being slaves, worker with unfair wages, and being brutally treated by white people if they even thought about going to school with them or even thinking about being friends or equals with them. I would have to choose one of these points to defend my case and i would choose the slave point to defend it. When African Americans were treated as slaves they were treated as almost dirt and that was unfair they deserve to be treated better.
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The African Americans don’t deserve to be treated this way. They have their rights to be free and to vote, why have them take a test to vote? What’s so wrong with the African Americans voting? They are free now, and they have their liberty, can someone tell me what’s so wrong with them voting? The African Americans started coming to the United States be become slaves. We just won the civil war and they are free now. The segregation is over they have the right to vote so, what’s so wrong with them not being able to vote? They work hard, they are smart and they don’t want the whites to be rude and unkind to them any more. They don’t like it and they defiantly don’t deserve it.
African Americans were treated unfairly even after the civil war. That's a fact. Even though the 14th and 15th Amendment gave them rights, like the right to vote, they were never really treated equal to whites until much later. One example of this was Jim Crow laws. Around the South, these laws spread inequality and segregation more than anything. Blacks had to basically everything separate from whites. They couldn't eat with whites in restaurants, drink from the same fountain, and black and white children couldn't even get an education together. And on top of that, black facilities were almost always much worse than the "whites only" ones, so the saying "separate but equal" wasn't even true.
African Americans suffered form the same equality after we won the civil war as they did before it. Even though the 14th and 15th amendments gave them the right to vote and they were now citizens, they were denied these rights. One example of why this is so unfair is the Grandfather Clause. It states that any person who wanted to vote was only allowed to do so if their grandfather had. Now African Americans were just granted this right so no African American had any relatives who voted, so they couldn't vote. Even after this everyone had to take a test to vote. The test for the African Americans was much harder than the test that whites had to take, which was just not right.
It was the whites fault that African Americans were treated like this. They couldn't stop it, the whites had to eventually grow up and treat them equal. The whites thought, even though we gave blacks the chance to be treated equal, we can change that. We can make almost impossible for them to vote (even though they should vote) and we can continue to make their lives miserable. The whites never wised up until much later.
If the white people of America want to be horrid to the other races, then that's their own fault. All the other people wanted to become friends and live in peace, harmony, and equality. And they deserved to be treated correctly because they have done nothing wrong. Every person has their right to be treated fairly by others, says the 14th and 15th Amendments. Every building had the 'white only' and 'colored' signs. Whenever some white guy back then said that the races were 'separate but equal', they were lying.
African Americans were treated unfairly after the Civil War. Even though the 14th and 15th amendment gave the African Americans rights like citizenship and the right to vote southern whites still made it very difficult for blacks to use those new rights. Southerners made up tough laws like the Grand Father Clause. When an African American went to vote they were asked at some places if there grandfather got to vote if he didn't then that individual could not vote. This was unfair because African Americans just got the right to vote so their grandfathers defiantly did not vote. Clearly African Americans were treated unfairly.
The African American were treated unfairly which was very unfair. for many years African Americans haven't been able to vote which was just one of the things that were taken away from the African Americans. but when they got the right to vote many of the states weren't happy they took it on their self to make the own little laws within their states which made it so no African Americans could vote. One of the laws was called the Grandfather Clause which was, the only way that you could vote is if your grandfather voted. This made it so that all whites could vote and most of the African Americans could since the law was just made. this was ver unfair to the African Americans who wanted a say in their government.
I think to first make a case, we need to define equality between African Americans and Caucasians. In this case, equality would mean creating a universal standard for buildings, education, etc. Once the standard has been set, it would be clear to see that based on photography and first person accounts, African Americans were not treated equally. For proof here is a picture:
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Post Civil War, African Americans were treated unequal to whites. The 13th Amendment made them free, and the 14th Amendment gave the citizenship. So by treating black worse then whites, they went against the Amendments and the laws of the United States. To show this was in the south the Jim Crow laws which were only enforced on blacks. These laws restricted blacks from being able to do the same things as whites. For example, blacks couldn't kiss in public but the law never said anything about whites kissing in public.
After the Civil War there were many unfair laws made to try to stop as much of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments from taking full effect as possible. Jim Crow laws were created so that black and whites could be separated from each other, however equal. This separate but equal law however did not go the way it should have. With whites making laws by themselves, they pretty much could boss people around with no punishment. One example of this was Rosa Parks. She was sitting on a nicer, (white), part of the bus when a white man came up to her and demanded that she moved. This man was bossing her around in a way that was totally unfair. If Rosa listened to the man, she would have been basically admitting to defeat. If she didn't listen, she would be sent to jail, and thats exactly what happened. Why were whites allowed to "bully" blacks around? It's just unfair.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the civil war despite the fact that they received rights through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. One of the main injustices that the African Americans were subject to after the civil war were the black codes. The black codes were out into place by the southern states and they basically limited all rights of the African Americans. These codes were unfair and unjust and were just one example of the many awful things African Americans had to go through even after they were "given" rights.
African Americans were always treated unfairly, even after the Civil War, in which they helped us during a great ordeal. They earned their right to vote, and yet they were tested on the things whites knew they didn't possess, such as education. The whites gave the black men, who came to vote, literacy tests in which they couldn't comprehend. Most blacks didn't get a proper education as a child, so they couldn't even read the instructions. Some may wonder why the white men did this. The answer is simple, they wanted the white southern men to reign in politics. They didn't want the black men population to tarnish the vote and get white men in favor of helping blacks to have an impact on others. The black population was thriving and white men were unsure of how to stop the constant protests, fights, and court cases involving African Americans voting. They were blinded by power and made unfair actions, like the literacy test.
Following the Civil War African-American's were made citizens and were given rights equal to those of a white person with the 14th, 15th, and 16th Ammendments. Although these Ammendments were made they were not followed by the greater part of the white population and blacks were still considered less that a person. Why should they have to sit in separate sections on a bus and have to use different bathrooms? They are people not animals so why then, are they treated so badly. It is not our right to oppress people based on the color of their skin. This racism is wrong and is a civil evil that must be stopped.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly after the Civil War. Although the 14th, and 15th amendment gave them rights, for example the right to vote, they were still not treated equally. An example of this is the Grandfather Claus, which was when an African American tried to vote, they were told that they could not vote unless the grandfather had. Sine African Americans had just received that right to vote, obviously none of their elders had voted. I think AfricanAmericans were treated very poorly during this time period.
The African Americans should not have been treated the way they were after the Civil War. They were given rights to vote, which seemed like a step in the right direction, but then a law came out known as the Grandfather Clause, which disabled their ability to vote. It stated that in order to vote, you had to have a grandfather that could vote. This created a problem for most African Americans, because their grandfathers' were slaves and didn't vote. While it was obviously created to prohibit the African Americans (and other immigrants) from voting, it was passed and thought to be constitutional in the early 1900's. This caused a large amount of separation between th African Americans and the Whites.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly after the war. Although African Americans did get the right to vote, they were still treated like dirt. Why should someone get the chance to vote, and feel that they have done something to change the american mind, but then find out that Americans don't care about them, they just want more votes? No one should ever have to feel like that. The African Americans have there own rights now, so why should they have to be discriminated by because of there race? They have the same rights to vote as Americans, but Americans don't get kicked once there down, so why should African Americans?
African Americans were treated unfairly in many fields, including a very discriminating area, voting. Apparently to whites at the time the 13th 14th and 15th Amendment were created, Amendments promoting Black Rights meant little or nothing. While whites had to do almost nothing to vote, Blacks were only allowed to vote after going through a procedure that drastically reduced the number of black voters. Blacks might have had to guess correctly the number of cotton balls in a jar to even be able to take the voters application test which was often impossibly hard and given solely to Blacks. Sometimes Blacks were also asked unfair questions to be allowed to vote as shown from the Grandfather Clause. In the Grandfather Clause only Blacks whose grandfather had voted were allowed to vote. This worked very well for the whites because the Blacks just got the right to vote- how could their grandfathers have had the opportunity to vote? Voting is just one of the many realms Blacks were discriminated against, but it may have been the biggest.
The African Americans should have been treated much better than they were following the civil war. They were underprivileged, denied rights they were supposedly granted because of technicalities, and generally terrorized.
The Civil War was over, and the blacks were now free! What is free? The black community had spent most of its American life either enslaved, or as half citizens, called people, but still seen as animals that didn’t deserve the rights whites deserved. They were finally told they could vote, go to the same schools as white children; apply for any job they wanted to. But no one could vote if their grandfather hadn’t voted, the children would fail out of school if they were half grown and couldn’t read, no normal white man from that time period was going to allow a black man to work under him as a judge, or a doctor, no matter how smart he was. On a daily basis, blacks were bullied by their white brothers, pushed around and threatened. And on a nightly basis, those threats were fulfilled. Blacks were set on fire, lynched, kidnapped, and tortured. And the police and authorities never did anything about it, because most of them didn’t like black people all that much either. So the oppression and death continued. Does this sound like freedom to you?
African Americans were treated unfairly and differently from whites. They weren't allowed to vote after they got their right from the 15th amendment. There were tests and all these rules for African American in the South because the Southerners didn't want them to be able to vote. For example there was the grandfather clause.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the Cvil War ended and the slaves were granted freedom. A very obvious example of the segregation that was going on even after the resolution that the blacks were free was how they had to take a test to vote. This test was based on things that the whites knew that the blacks never learned like reading and writing because they were slaves. So the only way a black could vote was to pass the test an very few of the black population did, but even with the blacks able to be free and use their basic rights why werent the blacks allowed to vote? Well they werent because they wouldnt vote for whites and what the whites wanted and would only vote for blacks so by making them able to vote it takes the complete power right away from the whites and shifts it even. That was originally what was supposed to happen as a result of the north winning the Civil War, but it didnt turn out that way so easily
even after the 14th and 15th amendment black people were still treated badly by white people. they had to follow the same rules in society but still there life was made into a misery because white were afraid of what would happen if they actually could use the right that they "had". it was not fair. they helped and did anything they could but whites still needed to use the fact of the missing education to turn it all around and to make it impossible to do stuff like voting. it was like a dog running behind his tail, he knew it was there but he could never entirely reach it..
African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War because the way people acted towards them, the places they could go, and the things they could use were all inferior to those of the whites. If you were to walk into a restaurant, African Americans would be forced to sit in the back instead of in the front, where the whites were seated. This is also not fair because the 14th amendment defined citizenship, ultimately saying that African Americans were citizens. If they were citizens, then they certainly weren't treated as fairly as the other citizens. Also, the 15th amendment stated that they would receive the right to vote. However, some states would distribute states to African Americans with questions on it that they did not know, whereas with the whites they might give them easier questions. This, too, is unequal. Overall, the African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War.
African Americans should not have been treated as they were. One example of these unfair acts was their right to vote. After African Americans were given the right to vote, whites still didn't let them. They came up with two different "excuses" so that African Americans couldn't vote. Those two "excuses" were the "grandfather clause" and a "fake" literacy test. The reason why it was "fake" was because of the inhuman questions. There were questions such as "what is the inaugural date for a US senator"? If somebody passed these tests, they would let them vote. The chances of passing these literary test was very slim.
They were treated with no equality, because the whites were avoiding the fact that African Americans did get their rights after the Civil War. African Americans were treated the same prior and after the war, because the whites were making ridiculous laws restraining their rights. One example is the Jim Crow laws in the South. These laws stated that African Americans had to basically do everything separated from whites if the environment "was separate, but equal." The facilities were "separate", but were far from "equal." African Americans had to drink from different water fountains, ones that were dirtier, and in worse locations than that of whites' water fountains. African Americans and white children weren't even allowed to go to school together. African Americans didn't receive the respect, or rights that they deserved.
African Americans struggled to inherit the same equality as the white race. After the North won the civil war, they believed they had finally achieved those rights, only to find out that the freedom they so desperately craved was denied. Even though, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments clearly stated that African Americans had the right to vote and were now citizens, the white people still rejected them. An example of why this horrific era was so unfair is the Grandfather Clause. This rule states that any person who wanted to vote was only allowed if their grandfather had. African Americans were just granted with this right, so none of the African American race could vote. Overall, this act is truly disgusting and not right.
African Americans had done nothing wrong. They were given their rights yet citizens kept denying their rights. Why? Because their skin was different. An example of this was in the voting poles. Some southern states had unfair voting requirements such as having to take test prior to voting. For the white citizens they were basic; what's your name where are you from. But for African Americans they asked for specific dates and names that even normal citizens didn't know.
African Americans should be given the right to vote because they play a huge part in this country. When they were enslaved they were the work force of the country and they still were even after they were freed. With out them our economy would not have been as strong and the great depression would probably lasted years longer than it did. Shouldn't people that have given so much for this country be aloud to influence it with their votes? They did nothing to deserve the treatment they received and they deserved much more than they were given.
After the Civil War was over the African Americans were supposed to get all the same rights the whites had. they did get these right, but they were not allowed to practice them. these is very unfair to the African American people.
after the civil war ended the blacks were set free from slavery but in a way nothing really changed. they were still treated like garbage, they still couldnt really get jobs, and and if they did find jobs there wouldnt really be a differents from what they already had. But the civil war was good for one thing and that was that it started a chain reaction in making blacks equal.
Even though the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments gave the African Americans right to make them equal to white men. Unfortunately, these amendments to the constitution did not have any effect on the African Americans because they created the Jim Crow laws. The Black Codes was made the south full of inequality and segregation. As a result, the blacks just did the same thing as white but it was harder and it was more inconvenient to the African Americans. So for many years African Americans where not able to vote, drink out of the same water fountains, go to different bathrooms, even sit in different place then the whites in trains and cars, and much more. Clearly, the African Americans did deserve to be treated with much more respect that they were.
Even though the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments gave the African Americans right to make them equal to white men. Unfortunately, these amendments to the constitution did not have any effect on the African Americans because they created the Jim Crow laws. The Black Codes was made the south full of inequality and segregation. As a result, the blacks just did the same thing as white but it was harder and it was more inconvenient to the African Americans. So for many years African Americans where not able to vote, drink out of the same water fountains, go to different bathrooms, even sit in different place then the whites in trains and cars, and much more.
African Americans were treated horrible after the civil war because whites still didn't believe that they wee equals. There was the 15th amendment which allowed them the the right to vote but with the Jim Crow laws it kind of cancelled it out. The Jim Crow law stated that African americans cannot vote if their grandparents didn't vote so even though the amendment was passed only their grand children and on could vote.
African American were always treated poorly and unfairfley, even after they were given the 14th and 15th amendments, which meant they were legally American citizens and had the right to vote. One example of African Americans being treated unfairley was the grandfather law. The grandfather law was passed when the African Americans were given the right to vote. The grandfather law meant that you could only vote if your grandfather voted. This law was passed to ensure that African Americans would not vote, because thier grandfather couldnt vote.
I believe that the Jim crow laws really were un fair because they were supposed to be separate but equal although most things were not very equal. For example the african- American train car there was no way way to get food and while all of the white travelers would be able to get a bed they wouldn't. Also all the public facilities were much worse for aferican-Americans.
The African American were treated very unfairly because they had equal rights in every way and then the whites came and pretty much took it away. Like when they were able to vote the whites said you can vote but only if your grandfather could vote but most of them there grandfather was a slave so they could not vote which was unfair.
The African Americans were treated very unfairly. One big reason why they were treated unfairly was because of the whites in the south not letting them vote. One way they did this was by giving the African Americans a test about America's history which basically no one could pass. Another rway they could make no blacks vote was by the voter must have his grandfather voted before which was impossible for African Americans because they just got the right to vote. So that is why African Americas couldn't vote.
It is the law. What the whites did to the african americans was terrible and cruel. African Americans are citizens of the united states just like everyone else. why is it that just because they were born with a different skin color they get the dirty end of the stick. They got there rights but they still werent fully equal to the whites. African americans are just as good as whites.
The African Americans were not treated well at the end of the Civil War. Even though their rights were granted through the14th and 15th amendment, they were still not able to exercise them due to voting restrictions in the south. These were a way the south could still obey the law, yet prevent the blacks from voting. Because the north won the war, and passed the amendments giving them their rights, it was most likely that they would vote in favor of northern candidates, therefore the north would be in power. The Grandfather Clause was one example of a way blacks were kept from voting; in order for them to be allowed to vote, their grandfather had to have been able to vote. This was unbelievably unfair, because the African American had just been granted these rights, therefore none of them could vote, because their grandfathers couldn't. Even though this actions weren't just, they were legal and terribly discriminatory.
After the Civil War ended, Negroes were given rights from the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment saying that slavery was abolished, Negroes were citizens, and that they had the right to vote. The Southerners worked their way around that right, and prevented the Negroes from voting. The Negroes were segregated in all ways by the laws that TIGHTLY restricted their actions and freedom! They openly oppressed the Negroes! The Negroes didn't get to vote because the states would create tests and impossible requirements that would ensure that Blacks couldn't qualify to vote.
The African Americans don' deserve to be treated this way because the 14th and 15th amendments were passed. The 14th defined citizenship but the blacks were still treated like they were superior to whites. Also the 15th gave blacks the right to vote but the states put restrictions on that so the blacks couldn't vote. That is why African Americans were treated very unfairly following the Civil War.
White people treated the African Americans very badly. An example of this is the voting laws in the south. When the blacks got the right to vote, the southern state government made up a series of laws and tests to take that right away from them. One of these tests was a literacy test. An African American was asked to read a long document like the constitution and a white person has to read a simple sentence like "I like pie."This was an example on how badly the African Americans were treated.
African Americans were treated very unfairly. African Americans were always less than whites and the whites thought they they were better than them just because of their race. For example the 15th amendment stated that everyone had the right to vote no matter what race you were. That law wasen't actually put into force until 1870. Even then when the African Americans went to vote they would have to take a literacy test and they couldn't read or they would say if your grandfather voted then you can vote but they just received the right to vote that was called the "Grandfather Clause". It was very unfair and it to a lot of hope and courage for the African Americans to get through that time period.
African americans were treated unfairly during and after the civil war. Although the 14th and 15th amendment gave them rights they never actually received those rights due to some presidents that did not agree with those amendments. An example of this was the grandfather clause. Now that was one of the ways that whites would secretly deny the right to give blacks their voting rights. Te grandfather clause stated that you were only allowed to vote if your grandfather did so blacks just granted this right so their grandfathers obviously did not vote although the whites grandfathers did.
The African Americans didn't deserve to be treated unfairly. The whites treated the African Americans badly, just because they had a different skin tone, or because there looks on the outside. I believe that we are all the same inside. Even though the African americans were treated like mud by the whites, they got through it. The whites never stopped being cruel until way later.
African Americans did not deserve to be treated the way they were. It was unfair for them to have to go threw poll taxes and literacy tests, when they were uneducated. Also, white people would imagine false chargers against them, all of this combined defiantly scared away and intimidated African Americans for registering to vote. They did nothing to deserve to be treated like this, it was extremely unfair.
It is clearly evident that the African Americans were not treated fairly. They did not even have the same rights. They were not allowed to express their opinions on the government. They were not allowed the same opportunity's as any white male. They were free but they were still treated like slaves.They also were not citizens so they could not own property. African Americans had no basic rights. They were treated with utter disrespect.
Following the civil war African Americans were discriminated and their rights were violated. The biggest way that African Americans were treated terribly was separate but equal is unequal. This was very bad because blacks were denied things like clean restrooms, a good education, and proper transit.
The African Americans were treated unfairly after the civil war and denied their rights in southern states. This is because even though they had received the right to vote, the people int he south knew that they would all vote for the north because the north saved them form slavery. The south couldn't discriminate against only African Americans, so they made unfair policies and tests that everyone but the African Americans could pass. This was a great idea for the southerners, but the African Americans deserved the right to vote.
After the Civil War African Americans were still not treated like people. Even though the 14th and the 15th amendment gave them all their rights. The Jim Crow laws made whites and blacks separate from each other so they were never really equal. They were never really equal because the whites had better conditions then the blacks did. The whites had better bathrooms. restaurants, fountains, and whites even made the blacks sit in the back of the bus. The whites punished the blacks if they even walked into a white restaurant. This was an example on how blacks were treated after the Civil War.
African Americans were treated unfairly and deserved their rights, thats why the 15th and 14th amendment were made to stop this. but many p`aces in the south had made other rules, procedures, and regulations to prevent them from doing so.
African americans don't deserve to be treated like this. they have rights just as we do. African americans shouldn't have to take a test to be able to vote, they should be able to vote without taking a test. They are free now because we have just went through four years of war with the south (confederacy). Their rights shouldn't be questioned. They have worked to get this country to where it is right now we should be thanking them but instead we are killing them and being unkind. they dont deserve this.
I would say that since us whites are treated fairly and we are each human than African Americans should be treated just as kind with the same respect and rights. Just because of the color of your skin doesn't mean that you have some power over another colored skin. we humans shouldn't be forced to have debates, fights and even wars over this. We all should except the fact that african americans are just as equal as any white person in the US. We all should care for each other even if you are purple, green,or blue skinned.
I mainly think the whole thing was wrong, going to Africa getting slaves and using them to help your plantations. It is unfair because African Americans are still human. They are still men or women so what's so wrong with them. just because the color of their skin. It just shows the ignorance that the white people had back then. Most people think that they have to punish African Americans, but for what? They used to tie African American's to horses and have the horses pull apart so they stretch the body of the African American's. What was the whole point of that? Then they would do the same thing to children. I bet if they would just think about them being in that situation and how it would feel they would think again and see how treating African Americans very poorly is wrong. I don't understand why in the world that time period happened it was just stupid. but it got us to where we are today and that's freedom.
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Following The Civil War, African American's were given the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments which gave them rights. Unfortunately, these rights were soon disregarded and African American's were treated unfairly once again. The South soon found a way to have voting restrictions, which was a way where they were still obeying the law however it prevented blacks from voting. The South wouldn't want blacks to vote for a couple of reasons, a main one being a fact that they would vote for the North because after all, the North won the war for them and granted them the amendments. This would keep the North in power instead of the South. So, one of the ways that the South kept the North from voting was using the "Grandfather Clause". It was a restriction on voting that exempted those whose ancestors (grandfathers) had the right to vote before the Civil War. Since before the Civil War almost all African American's were slaves their grandfathers did not vote, therefore neither could they. This is just one example of how people found a way around the new amendments to be discriminative towards blacks.
Despite the rights african americans were given in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments after the civil war, they were still treated far from equal with whites, we are all aware of that. But you can see this clearly by simply looking at the segregated "separate but equal" stations, which were clearly far from equal. Pictures of the separate establishments show that colored only restaurants, bathrooms, and even schools, are all nowhere near as large, well built, or even as sanitary as the white's were. simply put, separate but equal is not equal, thus inequality.
African Americans don't deserve to be discriminated against under any circumstances. They were treated poorly and had no rights. But with the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendment made them american citizens and gave them the right to vote.
The African Americans were treated differently by the whites. Even though the 14th and 15th Amendment gave them the right to vote they still treated them unfairly. "Separate but equal" was supposed to help the blacks. It did a bit but not a lot. they had the things that the whites had. Cinemas, restaurants, diners, libraries, schools, hospitals, and other things. But that doesn't mean that the things they got were well treated. they were as nice as the whites had. They were probably old, rotten, and mis- treated.
If I would defend this argument using only one supporting point it would be that they were freed from slavery, so why are they still be treated as slaves? Why would white officials go to such lengths just to keep them from expressing the rights that the whites already have? The white people already had their rights, so why not share their rights with people that are equal to them besides skin color. It is so unfair because African Americans work just as hard as blacks, and they still don't receive the rights they deserve. We wont the Civil War and all the African American men are free and therefore have the right to vote, yet some people (white officials) will clearly do anything to keep them from expressing their right. It was a very unfair situation but luckily, today everyone has the right to vote of every race.
African Americans were treated very unfairly throughout the years, they went through so much, being slaves, worker with unfair wages, and being brutally treated by white people if they even thought about going to school with them or even thinking about being friends or equals with them. I would have to choose one of these points to defend my case and i would choose the slave point to defend it. When African Americans were treated as slaves they were treated as almost dirt and that was unfair they deserve to be treated better
African Americans were treated very unfairly throughout the years, they went through so much, being slaves, worker with unfair wages, and being brutally treated by white people if they even thought about going to school with them or even thinking about being friends or equals with them. I would have to choose one of these points to defend my case and i would choose the slave point to defend it. When African Americans were treated as slaves they were treated as almost dirt and that was unfair they deserve to be treated better.
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