Blacks In The South Dbq Analysis
An eight-year-old African American boy sat on the floor of his church. His mother and father were talking quietly in the corner. He only heard pieces of the conversation. Things like “abolitionist” and “segregation” were repeated often. Many questions ran through his head. Questions like ‘Why do the whites have separate churches?’ And ‘Why is my dad not allowed to practice medicine?’ There were 221,000 free blacks in the sixteen Northern states in 1860. That is 4.9% of the African American population. They were called “free”, but did they really have liberty? Free people act as they wish and are unimpeded by others telling them what to do. Based on the political, social and economic rights of blacks in the North, we can conclude that they were not very free in comparison to the whites around them.
Since the whites thought of the blacks as inferior, …show more content…
The blacks and whites were separate. In Document B, Mackay specifies that theatres, churches and workplaces were divided. There were laws against blacks associating with whites in public, according to the English visitor. We read in Document D about black churches having to offer social situations that blacks would otherwise miss out on. Some such opportunities are reading newspapers and attending Sunday School. In the North, whites withheld blacks from connecting with them in their communities.
States in the North did not allow blacks and whites to go to school or work together. Document B states that jobs such as doctors and lawyers were unavailable to blacks in 1860. The black student in Document C describes the feeling of inferiority that he feels because his school is separate from the white school. This student also explains his concern that whites often do not hire blacks, no matter how educated they are. As it says in Documents B and C, whites did not pay attention to the economic and education needs of African Americans. The two races were
Since the whites thought of the blacks as inferior, …show more content…
The blacks and whites were separate. In Document B, Mackay specifies that theatres, churches and workplaces were divided. There were laws against blacks associating with whites in public, according to the English visitor. We read in Document D about black churches having to offer social situations that blacks would otherwise miss out on. Some such opportunities are reading newspapers and attending Sunday School. In the North, whites withheld blacks from connecting with them in their communities.
States in the North did not allow blacks and whites to go to school or work together. Document B states that jobs such as doctors and lawyers were unavailable to blacks in 1860. The black student in Document C describes the feeling of inferiority that he feels because his school is separate from the white school. This student also explains his concern that whites often do not hire blacks, no matter how educated they are. As it says in Documents B and C, whites did not pay attention to the economic and education needs of African Americans. The two races were