HIST 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Jim Crow Laws, De Jure
12 Jan 2017
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The african american struggles of the 1860 are similar to those of african americans i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)6(cid:1004)"s. Socially, blacks were both treated as being less than humans in both decades. Though slavery was not legal in 1960s, it did not prevent the dehumanization and severe mistreatment of blacks. They were segregated from whites, there were jim crow laws and black codes restricting their rights, and they were often lynched and killed. Hate groups, such as the kkk emerged. The 1860s saw a social struggle for the emancipation of slavery. Blacks were at the bottom of the social pyramid, as they were property, not humans, in the eyes of most americans. Even freed slaves were not treated with respect. Economically, the 1860s saw slaves as having of some monetary value. They were sold and bought, and they had no economic rights. This was not true in the 1960s, because slavery was abolished by then, but blacks were still struggling economically.
