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Frederick Douglass, Danger to the Republic:
H: After reconstruction, the blacks recieved many rights which granted them the same rights as as white Americans. While the reconstruction had good purposes, it had a lot of failures. Ideas such as sharecropping and black codes essentially treated Africans almost as harshly as it did during slavery. Later, the North abandoned reconstruction which caused its downfall.
P(purpose): The purpose of this document is to address the unjust ways Reconstruction has been for the black population through the various physical actions. Africans were deprived of rights throught black codes etc. He states how the South fears the growing power of the republican party. The republican party granted rights to vote through the 14th and 15th ammendment.
KKK: A terror group founded on the principles to directly oppose the black population. This deprived many blacks from having liberty, and it stripped away their basic rights and safety.
Voting Requirements: Many southern states placed voting restrictions on blacks ever since they got the right to vote throught the 14th and 15th ammendment.
This document tells us how Douglass stood strongly against these opposing factors and seeked to shine light on the corruptioin at the time. It also shows the struggles Douglass experienced as an African American being neglected of his rights that he recieved.
This time period resulted in, once again, a division between members of our country. The different beliefs between the northern and southern states sorrounding the rights of Africans created new parties and laws that are similar to the causes of the civil war. The reconstructon exploited many blacks to do the same thing as slavery, and hate groups formed opposing rights of blacks.
One historical continuity is the fact that Africans were essentially still treated like slaves despite the fact that the recieved new rights and opportunities. For example, the idea of ShareCropping exploited native americans which ensured they would remain tied to the land and unlikely to leave for other opportunities. This resulted in the same idea as slavery where Africans had no control.