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During the Civil War, many African American traveled to the north, particularly Illinois. They traveled to the north because of the state's zealous enforcement of the fugitive slave law. Illinois had never been and “African American state” because the French brought slavery to Illinois. During the Civil War there weren’t many racists documents recorded in that time. Most was about slavery like I have shown. Although not many racist documents were recorded at the time, on Dec 6, 1865 the 13th amendment was ratified. It abolished slavery in all states, which gave freedom to all blacks, and the right to vote. However not many people were too happy about this amendment.

This brings me back to how Mark Twain shows how Pap was one of those Americans who didn’t believe that blacks had the right to vote or have freedom. How he is discriminating about that black man just shows how he felt at the time and how most people felt to.



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