AFAM 002B Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Notes - "White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the Late 19th Century"
8 Mar 2017
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Chapter 14 white supremacy triumphant: african americans in the 19th century. The populist party: southern white men that abandoned democrats and southern black men that rejected. Evading the 15th amendment: 1882 eight box law way to target illiterate voters. Mississippi: black crimes: arson, bigamy, petty theft, white crimes: murder, rape, and grand larcery, people often persecuted for crimes considered black but not for crimes considered. White : white voting registrars would accept all white applicants and fail black people. South carolina: 1876, 91k black men voted. In 188, only 13k voted: william henderson of berkely, didn"t even want fair elections. The grandfather clause: 1898 louisiana only men eligible to vote before 1867 could vote, 1896 130k black men voted 1904, 1k voted. The force bill : bad attempt by government to protect voting rights of black men in south by providing federal supervision of elections. Bill passed in house of representatives but failed.
