They thought if they gave slaves weapons they would rebel. Actually, near the end of the Civil War, almost a century later, plantation owners decided they might have to fill in the ranks in the Confederate Army with slaves because they ran out of white men to fill in the ranks.
As members of southern state legislatures
African-Americans are not the majority in any state. In all states, with the exception of Hawaii, European-Americans are the majority. Mississippi has the largest percentage of African-Americans, at 37%. New York has the largest population of African-Americans, at 3,080,000.
Many African Americans were returned to a state of slavery. Southern states and private businesses use convict-leasing to force prisoners to work and then make profits off of their unpaid or underpaid labor.
Mississippi and South Carolina
to limit african americans’ right to vote
To limit African Americans' right to vote
to limit african americans right to vote
Mississippi and South Carolina
To limit African Americans’ right to vote
Mississippi and South Carolina
Brownsville in Texas is the southern most point.
To lemon African Americans right to vote I think