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During the late seventeenth century, there was lots of slave trade in Northern America without really any questioning of their business. Around forty years after the American Revolution, there were big changes in the way Americans regarded human trafficking. The slave trade was eventually abolished in the United States in March of 1807. Down the road, this would set the stage for the abolition of slavery in America.

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This journal talks about how the slave trade was abolished in America, and how some people looked down upon the slave traders because they didn’t think it was right. This would eventually lead to the abolition of slavery in the United States, because some people realized African Americans should have the same rights that white do.

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The American Revolution caused lots of internal changes in America, one being the beginning of the abolition movement in the north. After no indentured servants were coming over from Europe, the divide between poor blacks and poor white grew wider, and poor blacks were treated much harsher. Many northern blacks however were in a middle ground where they were neither slave nor free. During European settlement, mostly Native Americans and Africans were chosen to work as slaves to the Europeans, and this set the precedent that anybody of color would be beneath white people.

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This book talks about how from the beginning, America was racially divided, even before it actually became the United States. This is saying that slaves were a fundamental part of America, and that eventually, African Americans would need to be equal to whites so that the country could work without too much tension.

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Lots of people didn’t want the Native Americans to have to be removed from their own land, so they had lots of protests and even signed anti removal petitions and brought them to congress to protest. Andrew Jackson was for the Indian Removal Act, and wanted them to move further west, out of the way of the rest of the United States. President Jackson wanted all Native Americans far away from the general vicinity of any white population.

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This journal talks about how a lot of people were against the Indian Removal Act, and actually protested against it to congress. A lot of these people turned out to be women, and the protest was even organized by two women named Catharine Beecher and Lydia Sigourney. It also talks about how the President at the time, Andrew Jackson, was all for the Indian Removal Act, and didn’t want any Native Americans within the general vicinity of any white population.

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This book talks about how the man is at the top of each household, and the women are always secondary no matter what. The man of the family was always the one who represented that family in public, and he was also the only one who could vote for the family. The women were always inferior to the men in the family. This book brings up the fact that black women were also being treated differently than black men, and that needs to stop as well for men and women to be equal, but not necessarily blacks and whites to be equal.

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This was written by either a slave or a former slave that obviously believes that abolition is the right way to go for the United States. In their letter to Jefferson, they wrote that is isn’t right for a nation to take people from another country, or even their own, and make them into a separate group that is lesser than another group. It is not right to let one group party and waste lots of money, while the other group is enslaved and being oppressed. They also bring up the point that what if Britain had taken millions of American citizens and used them as slaves, wouldn’t Americans think that is unjust and wrong.

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This article is saying that the colored people of the United States are the most degraded people to ever live in America, because they are so looked down upon that at times they are almost nonhuman. The author hopes no one else has to go through what they are going through, because he doesn’t want anyone else to suffer that bad ever again. He also says Jefferson is in the wrong, because he admitted that African Americans are inferior to white people, and he is surprised that someone so revered for his knowledge is looking down on them like they aren’t the same. He says the whites have always been unjust and jealous and unmerciful, and they are always seeking power and authority.

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This document talks about how men have always used women at their side, and have used them and exploited them. Grimké talks about how men haven’t tried to get the actual best out of women, and have only tried to enslave them for their benefit. She says women have always been there to support and promote men, even if it hurts the women. She believes women and men are equal, and she compares the treatment of women to the treatment of slaves. At the end, she calls the women to rise against the discrimination that they face, and put themselves even with the men.

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This document talks about how Allen started out with the Methodist church after he bought his freedom at a pretty young age, then he ends up creating his own denomination, the first black denomination in America, the African Methodist Episcopal church. The black people in the Methodist church were not looked at as the same as the white people in the church, and they were discriminated against for being black. Eventually they were kicked out, but they still had the same beliefs as before, so they started their own church.

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This document talks about Cherokee removal in 1836, and it is a petition for the Cherokee nation to be protected by the United States government. Also, the Cherokee will not hold any other treaty with a foreign power, an individual state, or even with individuals themselves. They say the United States already claimed to remove all white people who have intruded on their land from an act passed in 1802. They also said that the act is fraudulent and whoever passed it apparently was unauthorized and didn’t have enough power to enforce it. At they end they say that the Cherokee people are protesting against the Senate because of the false treaty.

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Thomas Jefferson sees the black people as a different species entirely and doesn’t see them as near equals to white people. He continues to talk about their differences like how he believes they are less human and are stronger than whites yet they aren’t as smart and this is why he thinks they should continue to work on the plantations down in the south. He believes that they still shouldn’t have rights or be set free because he doesn’t want them to mix their blood with white people.

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Murray believes that in nature does not make everyone equally, and some groups of people actually have major differences between each other and some have advantages over others. She says men have mental superiority over women. She says that at a young age, men are generally looked at as better than women, but she believes the opposite, that women are typically better than men but they are looked down upon instead. She thinks that men are weaker in the mind and give into to things quicker than women who would actually think through their actions.

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Abigail Adams is writing to John Adams about what is going on at home. She says that John must make sure women get some rights, because they aren’t content with how they’re being treated. She says that men need to give women rights or else the women will rebel against the men.

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This book wants women to have equal rights with men, but at the same time, it specifies that not all women are the same. It says that their goal is to have white women equal to white men, and black women equal to black men. This means in the constitution, they still want the division of race, but they want it to say that women should be equal to the men of their same race.

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The author of this most definitely believes that slaves and all African Americans should be free under the constitution, and that all forms of slavery should be abolished. They believe that Americans would never accept to being treated this way, so why should African Americans be treated this way. They believe that everyone should be citizens, regardless of the color or race of the person.

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There were lots of groups of people in America that weren’t looked at as equal or as having the same rights as others. These groups could’ve included women of all races, African Americans, and Native Americans. Some people wanted the Constitution to actually call out these different groups, and say that they should really be equal to everyone else, but others wanted things to stay the same because that’s how they’ve always been.

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In this document, the author wants slavery to be abolished and he wants African Americans to be free from slavery with no strings attached. He wants everyone in the country to be equal to everyone else, and he wants the United States to include abolishing slavery in the Constitution. He also wants people to treat African Americans like the normal people that they are, and he doesn’t want anyone to look down upon someone else just because of their race.

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This document is all for women’s rights, and Grimké wants women to be equals with all the men. She wants the United States to realize that God intended for men and women to be equal, and she even compares women being oppressed to slaves, but she never actually says slaves should be equal to whites.

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How can this document be used to respond to the prompts?  What analysis can you provide?  How may this document provide evidence to support an argument in your paper?
This document talks about how black people were discriminated against in the Methodist church. Richard Allen then founded the African Methodist Episcopal church, because he still believed in the work of God. He most definitely wanted to abolish slavery, so more slaves could be set free and he could have more people to join his church.

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In conclusion, throughout the formation of the United States as we know it today, many different groups have been looked down upon and discriminated against. These groups are usually the minorities, like Native Americans and African Americans. Today, it is socially unacceptable to talk down to another person because of their race or gender, and this is because of what happened in early America. Things still aren’t perfect today, with some people still not accepting the fact that everyone is created equally, but we as a country continue to try and get better as a whole.

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This document wants the United States to consider Native Americans as actual people and not just keep kicking them off of their own land. The Cherokee also want them to stick to their word, because earlier they had signed a treaty where no white person was supposed to trespass on Cherokee land, but nobody was really there to enforce that law, so they go their land invaded by white people. In my paper I could use this document as a way to point out the Native American views on the United States.

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Jefferson believes blacks should not be considered citizens or equal to the whites whatsoever. He believes that they should just work on the plantations because they are physically fit for it and better than whites at working. He definitely doesn’t want blacks to be free of slavery and wants them to always have white owners and masters. He also thinks Native Americans shouldn’t be citizens and shouldn’t be equal to the whites.

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Murray believes that women should most definitely be citizens and be included in the Constitution. She thinks that women are actually smarter than men and thinks that they should have just as many rights as them. This document could help with my paper in case I need evidence as to why white women should be citizens and should be mentioned in the constitution.

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Abigail Adams wants women to be a bigger part of society and wants them to have the same rights as men. She wanted men to include women in the constitution and actually give them rights. She also told John that if the women didn’t get their way they would be prepared to revolt.