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The americans failed to meet the promises made in the declaration of independence and the US constitution to the civil war by saying all men are created equal and still treating treating african americans like they are not humans, by taking the native americans land, and letting men have complete power over women just because they are women.

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In the Dred Scott vs Sanford Case Sanford fought that the constitution stated that African American men "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it." This case was won by Sanford.

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Dred Scott was a slave who lived in the free states of Wisconsin and Illinois before he moved back to the slave state of Missouri and had appealed the Supreme court in hopes for his own freedom.

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The fugitive slave act was a one of Americas worst laws. It consisted of the fact that if a slave escaped, they could be returned to the owner for money. This act made it so that even if a slave escaped and got to a safe spot, they were always at risk of being found and returned.

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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

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Douglas had a speech on July 5, 1852. He asked the crowd what to the Slave is the Fourth of July? He recognized the founding fathers and how they were great men for their "ideals of freedom". He realizes that him and former slaves are not involved in the annual celebration of this country and that their is a "immeasurable distance between us."

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Frederick Douglas escaped slavery, became a abolitionist activist, and gave speeches about it. He had first hand experience which shines a whole new light for people who listen to him speak seeing as whatever is says is primary. He has a famous speech called, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

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African Americans had little to no rights in the 1700's. They were not treated well and were under complete ownership of white slave owners during this time.

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In 1823, the supreme court made a decision that says that Indians can occupy lands in the United States, but they are not allowed to have a title over these lands. They wanted to have their land protected (or what remained of it) before it was too late. Many attempts at resistance were non-violent. 5 Indian Tribes did this. They were nicknamed the "Five Civilized Tribes."

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Andrew Jackson is a man from Tennessee. In 1814 he commanded the US Military that defeated a part of the Creek Nation. From 1814-24 he was a part of negotiating 9/11 treaties that divested southern tribes moving them to the West from the East. Because of these treaties, the US took over 3/4 of Florida and Alabama. They also took over sections of North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia.

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In the Early 19th century, white settlers realized that the area in the lower south was already owned by native americans. The settlers ended up pressuring the federal government into taking over their territory.

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Native Americans were manipulated and treated wrongly. They constantly got their land taken from them and got lied to by being given treaties to sign that were not true.

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Women:
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams

Native Americans:
Indian removal
President Andrew Jackson, in his fifth annual message, December 3, 1833

African Americans
Dred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision
A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Abolition of Slavery

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According to the article "Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?", Sojourner Truth delivered a speech in 1851 at the Women's Rights Convention, Old Stone Church in Akron, Ohio. Her speech consists of her saying that she never got helped into carriages, or lifted over ditches. She stated that women can do what a man can do and more. She stated that Christ came from God and a woman, and how just because Christ isn't a woman doesn't mean that women can't be respected as much as men.

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Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in 1797 and escaped in 1827. She later renamed herself Sojourner Truth. She was very involved in the anti-slavery act and was a well-known advocate for human rights.

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In the 1700's, women had very limited rights. They were under the power of their husbands. Anything they ever did was under their husbands supervision. Women at this point in time had no voice. In the eye of the law, women were civically dead.

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This shows that women in 1776 were very aware and upset about their lack of rights, and thought it was very wrong for their husbands to have so much power over them just because of their gender. Women are just as powerful as men, as motivational speaker Sojourner Truth says.

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John Adams responded on April 14th, 1776, just a mere few months before the declaration was finalized. Adams found this request amusing. "As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but laugh." He also stated in the last sentence of the letter, "This is rather too coarse a Compliment but you are so saucy, I wont blot it out." He found it funny that his wife wanted her own rights and did not take her request seriously.

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On March 31st, 1776, Abigail Adams sent a letter to her husband, John Adams. In this letter she stated that she wants him to be more favorable to the ladies to respect his ancesters. She asked him not to put so much power in the hands of husbands. She also threatened to form a rebellion and stated that she and the ladies will not be held by any laws and have no representation.