Slaves

The Civil War may have ended in the emancipation of the salves, but in many ways it only signaled the beginning of a new struggle where blacks were concerned. Many newly freed black men were still manipulated by whites, due to their dependence on them to make a living. The newly freed black man struggled to find a way to take advantage of the industrialization in the North and the growing industrialization of the south. They also sought to free themselves from the continued manipulations of their former white owners and their new white employers. Many of the issues that were at the heart of Reconstruction continued to plague the black man in his attempt to break free of the domination of the white man:

For black men the thrust of the Civil War meant more than the simple physical fact of emancipation. To them what was at stake was the whole future of the Negroes in America-whether they would be full-fledged members of the body politic, or second-class citizens. To both the freedmen and the northern blacks, the principle issues were three: land, education, and politics. In their view, for Negroes to achieve equality in American society it would be necessary for them, like other citizens in nineteenth century America, to acquire land, secure and education, and exercise political rights.

(Bracey, Meier and Rudwick, 1972: 234)

This paper will be a discussion and analysis of the struggles and condition

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Negro oppressed, the situation was not helped any by federal legislation that allowed for more than 60 years of segregation between whites and Negroes in both the North and the South. In 1896, when segregation laws were in effect in all Southern states where rail transportation was concerned, a man named Homer A. Plessy refused to move from the whites only section of the train. He fought the constitutionality of the law the whole way to the Supreme Court, where, it was judged that separate but equal accommodations were constitutional. The disabling sharecropping system, the apathy of white legislators towards the Negro condition and a desire for white votes all combined to make the black man suffer the most, especially in times of economic downswing, “When disaster struck, Negroes suffered most. In addition to their economic difficulties, stringent Jim Crow laws systematically discriminated against Negroes. Once the US Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on railroad trains was constitutional, Southern legislatures enacted laws restricting Negroes to separate public restaurants, public washrooms, public drinking fountains, public theaters, public parks, and public libraries.. In addition, the poll tax, laws requiring tha
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