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The Treatment Of African Americans And Native Americans In The 1800s

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The treatment of African Americans and Native Americans in the 1800s was significantly different from each other. Despite both groups facing oppression, slavery, and discrimination, their experiences varied greatly. While Some might argue that African Americans deserved it and that Native Americans didn't rightfully own the land now known as the US. African and Native Americans were treated very poorly because of the difference in race, beliefs, and the wanting to claim discoveries that have already been found. The colonists feared an alliance between African and Native Americans if they realized that their real enemy was the English, who took native land and forced Africans to work it. The leaders of the time went to great lengths to maintain …show more content…

Africans were historically enslaved by Europeans who also believed them to be less intelligent than whites. This philosophy helped create chattel slavery in North America. However, the Indians received less respect because they were seen as obstacles to Manifest Destiny, in which white settlers were destined to spread their civilization across the continent. To prevent Native Americans and African Americans from gaining status, the government first passed many laws, treaties, and other legislation that made these minorities suffer. Treaties such as the Medicine Lodge Treaty and the Fort Laramie Treaty, as well as the Dawes Act, imposed restrictions on Aboriginal people as legislation. All this affected the way of life of Indians. To reduce hostility between pioneers and natives, the Treaty of Fort Laramie was signed in 1868. Aboriginal people are forced by the government to live on reserves and are not allowed to travel without the approval of a government agency that oversees their safety. They must live, hunt and survive within predetermined boundaries. Under the Medicine Lodge Treaty, the Plains tribes were limited to two reservations. The northern reservation is located in the Dakota Territory, while the southern reservation is located in Oklahoma. Later that year, in 1887, the government passed the Dawes Act, which made it …show more content…

For Native Americans, the proclamation of 1863 was issued by President Abraham Lincoln which declared to all African American slaves in any Confederate state was to be set free. This followed up along with the 13th,14th, and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution which granted freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote to former slaves. Then when we look at Native Americans the justice that was brought to them in many different forms such as rights, lands, and cultures, for example, The Indian Removal Act of 1830. This act allowed the US government to move Native American tribes from their lands in the east to territories in the west, with the promise of persevering their sovereignty. While this legislation had negative consequences for many tribes, like the Cherokee who experienced the Trail of Tears, the US government did sign treaties and agreements to recognize Native American rights to land and resources. Throughout the 1800s, activists from both African and Native American communities worked tirelessly to seek justice for their people. Some notable figures such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth fought for their people's rights and freedom and to do so they spoke out against slavery, led movements to help slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad, and raised awareness

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