Historical Report on Race

Kimberly J. Jones
March 11, 2012

Sara Matthews
1234 Cooler Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Dear Sara,

Based on our conversation the other day, I noticed that you had so umteen questions with regards to African-Americans and where they stand in the scheme of things in the United States. I appreciate your candor and your questions, but I decided to draw up you this letter and explain any(prenominal) things to you. As an African-American, I essentialiness say that no one can fully transform what it is like to be an African-American in the United States. In order to understand the feeling of disenfranchisement as you call(a)ed it on yesterday, you must understand the history of the African-American in this country.

African-Americans entered this country in the 16th century via knuckle down ships. They were stolen and bought from West Africa and most of them arrived in the area of present-day South Carolina. During this age, the Africans (African-Americans) were treated as indentured servants. They could raise crops and cattle to purchase their own freedom. They had normal families and neighborhoods and some of them actually became wealthy. Race-based treatment of African-Americans did not occur until the 18th century.



During this time, African-Americans do up about 20% of the population which made them what I like to call the majority minority. Unfortunately though, it was during this time when laws first came into play that restricted the freedom of African-Americans. This is when the laws surrounding thralldom came into place. These laws basically stated that once you were a slave, you remained a slave and all the children that you had were to be and remain slaves as well. By the devastation of the 1800s the president during this time, Abraham Lincoln, signed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared that all slaves in states that had seceded from the Union were free. They actually had to invade Texas a hardly a(prenominal) months after this law was signed to force them to let their...If you extremity to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my essay .