African American Equality Analysis

Throughout the class we learned of many issues that America had to face, and one in particular was the idea of equality among all people. Equality has been fought about with many different faces in our rich history, through many events in our history, America saw that there was a problem and they needed to change their ways. When America was just starting, it was said that everyone was created equal. That ended up not being the case because women were treated more as property than as equals. “ He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice”(Casper and Davis 157). At this time in history, women were not considered equals they were more like property to their man because they had no rights at all. Many men
This should never have been the case because like the forefathers always said that ‘al men are created equal’. Slaves were never free even when they were born in America. “All children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother” (Casper and Davis 26). This was a big controversy at the time because all the southerners wanted slavery and many of the northerners wanted it to be ended immediately. It was very harsh that they wouldn’t let the African Americans, who were born in the United States, to become freemen because they wanted to have laborers for everything. I think that this is not right because many women at this time died during childbirth. Slave owners were the worst to their slaves and made their lives a struggle.” It shall not be lawful for any negro or other slave… to go or depart from his master’s ground without a certification from his master, mistress, or overseer, and such permission not to be granted… shall be sent to the next constable, who is hereby enjoined and required to give said negro twenty lashes on his bare back well laid on”(Casper and Davis 27). This brought on a lot of debate at the time to end slavery all together and was splitting our nation in half. This issue would not go away and the north was ready to go to war to end this problem. Slavery was one of the main causes of the
He was always was pushing for African American rights through impassioned speeches, like his famous “I have a dream” speech. He shows how even though the were “free” that may not actually be the case “ But 100 years later the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later the life of the Negro is still badly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”(King 1). Martin Luther King tried enlightening everyone that there was a big problem going on and something needed to be done. This was heavily debated, because the southerners still hated African Americans and would not treat them as equals for any reason. It got to the point that African Americans were not served at some restaurants and even were given a different education that whites because they were still thought of as less than whites. He was all about peaceful protesting and this was one of the reasons he was effective in his message that everyone needs to treat each other like their neighbors At the end of this speech he shows what he truly wants from the world.” I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice”(King 4-5). This had a major impact on America’s future because many southerners were still in denial