Life After The Reconstruction

For the most part, African Americans were still visualized as being of a lower class. They were still thought of as being slaves and that still deserved to be treated like animals. In the south, Even though it was believed that they would have freedom, what ended up occurring was that the southerners were finding loopholes and were finding ways to make sure that the negroes would stay under them. They would pass regulations that would still allow the whites to have the ultimate power over them. Also, life for African Americans after the reconstruction was extremely difficult since they were usually attacked by furious whites. Many were lynched, beaten, and even killed in public. Because of these violent attacks, it was then that regulations and amendments were made. One famous amendment was the 14th Amendment in which equal rights were granted to anyone born in the untied states. Other famous laws were the black codes that were essentially established to help ensure the safety of the African Americans