Freedom is a Gift

Author's note: I am writing about freedom in the North in the 1800's. My purpose of writing is to show that even though African American people back then were free, their freedom was less than many others.


In the times of the 1800’s-1860’s, how free were the Africans in the North? The answer is not very free.

To deal with participation in government, the African American citizens weren't allowed to vote, or do barley anything the whites could, simply because voting was something that the African American people couldn’t have a say on because their opinion was "wrong" even if it was the same opinion as a white person. The Caucasians were racist. It took so long until the Caucasian people realized that skin color does not what so ever matters. People are people, no matter what you look like. There were some rights that the black people had, when lucky.

The blacks were allowed to own some land, but nothing compared to the whites. If you are white, think about how you would be treated back then if you were black. It's horrible that actual real people have gone through stuff as bad as this. Compare your life now, to someone who was black back then. So many people take everything for granted, and it's a shame.

Back in the "day" the rights the blacks had were very low. They couldn’t do anything with white people, from using the same bathrooms, to going to the same churches. The rights that the blacks had were so different than to this day. Today, mostly everyone is treated with respect no matter what the skin color is and that’s the way it should always be… except for people who still are racist for whatever reason that is. For education, black children and teens often were not allowed to attend regular school, therefore had to find a good education plan whether its having your parents teach you, or going to more extremes, even not having a education at all if necessary, even though that is never necessary in times today, but everything is so different now.

In conclusion, blacks were not free. Throughout the 1800’s, it was a very hard time for the people with a darker skin tone, and the way that they got treated is very poor.