The Compromise of 1877

The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S Congress to settle a dispute in the presidential election of 1876 between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B Hayes. A bipartisan commission formed to decide the dispute. They handed all the disputed votes to Hayes to make him the winner. It was decision that the Democrats were not happy with so Congress settle the dispute. They said Hayes could become President if some key concessions were meet. One of the most crucial was the removal of all federal troops from southern states.
Race Relations in the New South was a tentative peace in the south between blacks and whites, but it had severe limitations. White southerners expected blacks to keep to themselves. They wanted them to worship and socialize in their own group. The white southerners expected the blacks to work menial jobs for them with little pay, and to never request or demand anything, including equal rights.
When the slaves were emancipated, the white south lost its labor supply and the slaves lost their shelter. The whites, no longer owning the slaves offered them shelter , charging them high rent, knowing good and well the slaves could not afford to pay them cash, so they would work it off for the white family for shelter. The slaves became indentured servants to their former owners as they tried to pay off their debt through service. It was an impossible task for the servants with all the interest that the property owners tacked on. The Institutionalization Discrimination refers to the unjust and the discriminatory mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals by organizations such as government, financial institutions, public institutions and other societal entities.
White politicians spent years trying to disfranchise and eliminate African-American political involvement. Although disfranchisement by the Democrats and abandonment by the Republicans seemed certain, African