Equality In The 19th Century

In a world, where racism and inequality still exists in the midst of everyday life, it is best not to look at that point where we are now, but to acknowledge the evolution and advancements that have been made towards equality for all and use that to govern our steps to guide the world to an imminent time, one that has never been so close, in which absolute impartiality will be consummated.

The development of voting rights in the United States, notably for African Americans, came through rigorous movements from slavery abolitionists and the enactments of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. During the late 19th century and into the early 20th century, America as people had known it was being totally reconstructed in pursuit of providing equality

At a meeting of the newly founded society, Garrison met a man by the name of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, whom possessed similar beliefs about the liberation of slaves. Garrison, without delay after their first encounter, hired Douglass as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, in an endeavor to bestow the experiences from a first-hand individual. Consequent to the widespread acclaim that the society received and vast legislative deliberation, the 13th amendment was enacted on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment to the US constitution states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (US Const. Amend. XIII, Sec. 1). This enactment, following the emancipation proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln in late 1862, publicly banned the use of slaves and liberated the remaining slaves that existed. With the

Due to the discrimination and brutality that African Americans were facing when they went to register to vote, that predominantly white officials used as scare tactics, the voter registration was highly dangerous for them and lead to all time low levels of voter registration. With the challenges of bringing safety and equality to the elections and voting, “SNCC organized a “Freedom Vote” campaign, a mock election among black Mississippians that would take place at the same time as the regular elections of November 1963” (Ohrenschall). With the program backed by over a hundred white college students, the outcome of the mock election showed great promise for the African American population as over 80,000 individuals registered to vote and with the large crowds came great publicity for the organizations backing the Freedom Summer Project. Disastrously, as the publicity grew and the hope for a dramatic increase in African American voter registration was on the horizon, along came serious brutality and hatred from the white