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Douglas comes into the debate with the overall idea that colored people should not have the same rights as white people. Douglas believed that the colored population was ultimately inferior to the white population which is why they should not have the same rights as white people. Douglas claimed that along with colored people and Indians there were other groups that were inferior to the whites. Douglas defended the already given laws such as colored people not having a right to vote or live in Indiana. Douglas said that colored people shouldn't vote because the government was created for white people to be a part of and he thought that if colored people were involved in the government in any way they would mess it up. Douglas claimed that the colored people should not be able to live in Indiana because the whites had created a beautiful land and Douglas didn't want the colored to mess it up.

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In the Dred Scott Decision the judge of the case is pro-southern, meaning it most likely believed in slavery. Dred Scott was a slave and eventually his owner took him and his family to Missouri with the idea that they'd become free. In the statement given by the judge he touches on many big part of history such as the Constitution with the rights is promises and the Missouri Compromise with what it did. After establishing that the land north of the line 36°30’ can not have colored people owning or holding land, the judge finishes by saying that Dred Scott is not a citizen of Missouri.

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The Indiana Constitution of 1816 did not mention who didn't have rights but listed who specifically did which were white males. The Constitution did not mentioned anything on whether the colored population got these same rights as the white population but rather failed to mention whether they had the right or not.

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The Chat on Settler Colonialism mentioned the Great Migration which was when over 6 million African Americans moved into the Northwest Territory. The American people moved to the territory because of the new land and opportunities. The article talks about how in the Northwest territory, after the Ordinance, it offered equal voting rights for men of all colors. It also talks about the large number of African American farmers that had property within the Northwest territory.

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The fugitive slave act of 1850 required slaves to be returned to their owners, even in they were in a free state. The article itself lists out some of the duties that came within this law. It was decided that the Superior Court of each state and territory within the United States had the power to appoint commissioners to do this work. The article also said that any person helping or keeping a slave from being returned may be required to pay a fee and serve jail time. The marshals and deputies were required to obey and execute all warrants. The fugitive salve act outlined many of the rules that came along with it and the consequences of action of colored people and those helping them.

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After the Northwest Ordinance was released, many African Americans moved from the South to the Northwest territory because of the promises that were made. However, it was more difficult for African Americans to move to the new land as there were restrictions placed on them, such as being forced to pay an additional $500 fee. Despite the hardships African Americans went thorough to get to the new land, the original promises were fulfilled. The Union Literary Institute was created with white and black, boys and girls allowed to attend. Overall African Americans were able to be very successful in the new land.

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Abraham Lincoln responded to Douglas as he claimed that he was misrepresented. Lincoln claimed to agree that the colored population is inferior to the white population. However, he still believed that the colored people deserved basic rights. Lincoln claimed that the colored people were inferior in skin color and possibly morally and intellectually. However, Lincoln disagreed with Douglas as he thought colored people deserved the basic rights that the white people had.

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Throughout the 1800s many African Americans who were freed or formerly enslaved people, came into Indiana along with their families. There were several different counties that housed African Americans in Indiana. Randolph County was well-known to be positive for African Americans. Randolph County had the Union Literary Institute which was a big deal at the time. Randolph County also housed the most African Americans prior to the Civil War.

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In the Indiana Constitution of 1851 the rights of the colored population are addressed. In Article 2 it mentions that white males were allowed to vote but it also mentions that colored people do not have the right to vote. In Article 13 it says that colored people are not allowed to move into Indiana and that any colored person in Indiana can no longer do business with other people, which would ultimately drive them away. The Constitution of 1851 of Indiana directly identifies the rights that white people had and the ones colored people lacked which is a very large difference from the Constitution of 1816. The shift within the Constitution may have been from the rising power of the African Americans in Indiana and the white population wanted to make it clear that they were still superior.

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Many African Americas came to the Northwest territory for the land, opportunities, and new rights. Compared to where they came from and where other African Americans still lived, the amount of success in the new land was very large. When African Americans were able to become successful wealthy farmers, they used this new position to push equality and liberty within the nation. In Indiana many African Americans lived in the rural outskirts in order to stay out of the city where rules are strongly enforced. In this passage, the African Americans did not lose their right to vote or own property but rather gain them. The white population in Indiana at the time lived simultaneously with the African Americans which therefore did not take away their voting or property.

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Douglas and other white people thought that the colored population was inferior to them in many ways. Using that idea, the whites are able to rationalize that since they are superior than the colored people do not deserve the same things that they have. Douglas must go through the rights that the colored people do not have in order to defend them and make sure the white population stay superior. The belief of being better than the colored population as well as the desire to limit their power were some of the driving forces in taking away the colored people's right to vote and property.

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The Dred Scott case is a great example of property being taken away from an American. Dred Scott could’ve been ruled as free especially because his owner was the one that took him into Missouri. However the court ruled him as not being a citizen because the color of his skin. The lack of confidence that the white people had was likely the reason behind taking away the rights of the colored people. The whites knew how successful the colored population could become so they made it more difficult to achieve things. These difficulties even included declining citizenship when it should have been given.

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Why did some Hoosiers lose their right to vote and own property in 1851?

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Why did some Hoosiers lose their right to vote and own property in 1851?

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The conclusions that can be drawn from these documents is that there was more than one factor that took away some people’s rights. Overall the African American population was the one that struggled with their right to vote and own property. All the while the white population was the one that was making these rules. The white population viewed the colored population as inferior which was one of the main reasons why the colored population was refused these rights. After viewing the successes and outcomes of the possibilities that colored people had, the white population also became uneasy. This uneasiness was another reason why the rights were taken away because the white population wanted to stay superior to the colored population which meant the need for a limit on their success.

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The Indiana Constitution of 1816 lacks the information of whether or not the colored population gets certain rights such as voting. The Constitution skips over this information because it was likely enforced at the time even if it was not included in the Constitution. While the clarity of who had certain rights was absent, there is a large shift in the Constitution of Indiana in 1851.

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This document does not necessarily answer the question as why the rights were taken away but gives us a view on them before they were revoked. African Americans were able to become very successful and even vote with the same opportunities as white men. As time went on it was evident that the white population was threatened with the amount of success and push for equality as they later took away these basic rights.

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The fugitive slave did not directly aim to take away the slaves’ right to vote or own property but it took away their freedom all together. With the law of no freedom, even in free states, there was no where for a slave to go that would get them freedom. The slaves did not have access to their own property or voting rights as they all belonged to someone else. The fugitive slave act was put into place to make sure that slaves were kept and that they couldn’t gain their own freedom. This allowed for the whites to continue to prosper through the slaves work and further portray their superiority.

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This document shows how the right to vote and own property was not necessarily taken away. However, the idea of African Americans receiving these two rights had skepticism behind it which is displayed through the actions against them. The additional $500 fee African Americans had to pay was used to claim they would not be a burden to the surrounding white people. While eventually the African Americans were able to vote and own property, the views on African Americans were not completely positive at the time of the movement to the Northwest territory.

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Lincoln expressed the similarities and differences he had with Douglas and how colored people deserved basic rights such as voting and owning property. While Lincoln agreed that the colored people are inferior, he thought that they should get the rights as they were also people and a part of the Nation. Lincoln related to the Declaration of Independence and the idea that everyone is guaranteed rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of Independence. Lincoln used this well-known document to back up his claim that both whites and colored people deserved to have the same rights, even if they are different.

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Why did some Hoosiers lose their right to vote and own property in 1851?

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Why did some Hoosiers lose their right to vote and own property in 1851?

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After analyzing multiple documents regarding the rights of different Americas, the different perspectives were the most helpful in answering the question. It was important to see what the rights of the people were at the beginning, the laws that took them away, and the opinions on whether or not the people deserved the rights they previously had.

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This document shows us the successes and the opportunities that came along the early black settlements in the northwest. Colored people were able to raise their families, become successful, be a part of a community, and even some received an education. The successes of these early colored people is outlined to show what life was like when they have the rights to property and voting. It also gives insight into how the colored population exceeded the boundaries enough that the white population became uneasy and took the oppertunities away.

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The Constitution of 1851 shows us how the rights to vote and own property were not only taken away but pushed to be clearly shown. The white population wanted to show how they were still better than the colored population and the writing of the lack of rights the colored people had showed who had the power. The white population became uneasy when the colored population was able to become successful and push for equality. Therefore, the white population wrote that the colored did not have the same rights as the whites.

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The Bone and Sinew of the Land highlights the amount of African Americans that came into the Northwest region and the promises that came along with it. The description of opportunities provided helps readers see that there was a large possibility for African Americans to become successful and what caused the drive for African Americans to become farmers. The African Americans were able to become much more successful in this new land, especially compared to the African Americans still living there.