Compare And Contrast The Rights And Inequalities Of African Americans

Jerome Casuga
AAS 33A
Prof. Yamato
2016, Nov. 30 During the year of 1789 to 1848, the United State nation experienced a drastic evolution of their social, economy, and politics. However, it also affected the lives of not only some people, but a whole race of people. The African Americans and the Native Americans experienced their most unfair treatment for many years.
As the United States evolved in its social, economic, and political standing, it also affected the equality and inequality of African Americans and Native Americans. In 1783 to 1795, during the Northwest Indian War, United States which became industrialized forced Native Americans to give up their land right to the U.S. and becoming part of the nation through colonialism.
In 1789, the United States elected its first president, George Washington. George Washington set up a government’s cabinet along with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The Bill of Right was then adopted as 10 amendments to the new constitution. In 1790 to 1804, slavery soon abolished from all northern states freeing African Americans from their owners, but in most states, African Americans, the free blacks, were still denied citizenship rights, right to vote, jury service, interracial marriage, and could not testify against whites. Although they became free from slavery,they were still as powerless as before. In the society, African Americans were forced to live in poverty and segregated
While the northern states abolished slavery, southern states did not. With the continuingly number of events that shaped views for African Americans, they soon started to act in resistance to many Americans. One of this resistance was the Haitian Revolution, which was led by Toussaint Louverture. The Haitian Revolution was a revolt that led to an independent country forcing many slave owners to fled in horror to the U.S. In 1812, The Native Americans allied themselves with the British, helping the enemy of their enemy, and violated the American’s sovereignty. In 1830, the First National Negro Convention was formed. The convention fought for the equal rights of free blacks and abolishment of slavery in other states, which led to annual national meetings. In 1832, Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia. Many Planters and families attacked Americans, which created murder of innocent African Americans and ended debate in the south over slavery. The racial hierarchies caused a long period of war and revolt as a sign of resistance from African-Americans and Native