what was racism like during the time period of frederick douglass?

Question

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Answer 1

Two Words: Black Codes...racism was high as ever. Blacks in southern states were treated poorly and the black codes kept them as close to slave status as possible.

Answer 2

I'm sorry, but I don't see the "nadir" as Plessy v. Ferguson when this country had legalized slavery. Separate but equal, as lousy as that was, was a far cry from literal ownership as chattel. Perhaps the respondent meant the Dred Scott decision. Anyway, Frederick Douglas was alive when slavery was legal in this country. I hope you can take it from there as far as what racism was like when members of one race feel that they have the right to own members of another.

Answer 3

It wasn't called racism, it was called slavery. Take a look at the Jim Crow laws which were enacted in 1876 after the official end of slavery. If that doesn't tell you the climate of America during that time...then I don't know what to say.

Answer 4

He was an abolitionist, so I'd say rather high since during the time he was alive there was still slavery. He was born into slavery, and although he did see the abolishment of it, there was still a lot of hatred toward the black man. Read his autobiography, it's very good and a fast read, I had to read it in third grade.

Answer 5

It was terrible, although the absolute nadir orccured with Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) and the whole "separate but equal" clause, as it never was equal, but certainly separate