How Did Slavery Affect The Lives Of African Americans In The Late 1800s

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Early in American History, white people in the south thought that they were superior to black people. Until the late 1800’s black people were controlled by slavery. In Slavery, slaves weren’t given any freedom, they lived in fear/despair, and they weren’t allowed to live an ordinary life. Slaves did not have any rights, they felt like they were prisoners. According to the Ebook, Who Traveled on the Underground Railroad, slaves weren’t granted the right to learn, so they almost never knew how to read or write. Also, according to the Ebook, Harriet Jacobs, a former slave and a abolitionist speaker and reformer said, “Slave women were often forced into relationships with their masters,” Finally the laws didn’t help slaves at all. Slaves were