pro-slavery and African American discrimination, the North passed more and more anti-slavery legislation, bringing about the eventual absence of slavery in all states north of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. However significant this change was, it was not a fix-all solution, as inequality, inequity, and injustice still plagued many black Americans in the North. The most noticeable unjustness between black and white Americans lay in the consistent and harsh condemnation of black women, extreme segregation…
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