African American Slavery Research Paper

The legacy of slavery is a complex and multifaceted issue that continues to shape societies around the world. Slavery, the practice of forcibly exploiting human beings as property and labor, has existed in various forms throughout human history. However, the transatlantic slave trade, which spanned from the 16th to the 19th century, stands as one of the most egregious and devastating examples of this inhumane practice.The impact of slavery on the societies involved, both in Africa and the Americas, has been profound and long-lasting. In Africa, the slave trade disrupted communities, decimated populations, and contributed to political and economic instability that continues to reverberate today. Millions of Africans were forcibly removed from …show more content…
During this time, violence and trickery at the polls kept many African Americans from voting in the South. In the few areas where African Americans had political power, there was also violence and intimidation; race riots and lynchings became a popular tool to suppress black political activity. By the end of the nineteenth century, there was no longer any semblance of a bi-racial democracy in the South. The possibility to vote has become more and more a distant dream. Black African Americans struggled for their voting rights and they had to fight for their rights, freedom. The struggle for African American voting rights is a crucial theme in our nation's history, and an important and ongoing aspect of democratic government. Despite the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, which stated that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," African Americans in the South faced both official and unofficial efforts to prevent them from …show more content…
District Court in Washington, D.C., before making changes to their election systems. Stated another way, these changes could not be implemented unless and until they were found to not have a discriminatory purpose and not have a discriminatory effect on minority voting. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The amendment aimed to ensure that the right to vote could not be taken away through backdoor methods, such as poll taxes or literacy tests. This was indeed a freeing message to African Americans, and for a period of time, African Americans did experience a taste of the enfranchisement that the amendment represented. By taking advantage of power vacuums during Reconstruction, the martial presence of federal troops in the south, and African American voting blocs which essentially gave black voters the capacity to determine election outcomes, a reasonable amount of political power was accumulated. This newfound power proved frightening to southern whites who viewed themselves as the only rulers of the

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