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Precursor to Civil War
People like Ferguson said that blacks had the same freedoms and were equal to whites but in reality they were not. Why lying to blacks was a precursor was because there were many blacks who would rebel or riot. And that caused turmoil in America. Besides the blacks rebelling, there were many whites from the more northern states who did not agree with what the supreme court and government were doing.
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Thirteenth Ammendment Passed
The 13th ammendment stated - That slavery is terminated in the US and provides that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party will be convicted of. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=9&title.raw=13th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution:+Abolition+of+Slavery -
Separate Car Act Passed
(The Month and Date are unknown all sources only gave the year) Louisiana passed this Act because many of the leaders of the government and court systems had the idea that even though this act would separate both races, they would still have equal accomadations. In reality though it was to segregate blacks from whites, because at that time blacks were considered as "unclean", https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/1Ur7wmo16JEvFLuSEut6SI7ufLrDnQkU6TERqebe-pdU/edit -
Plessy Boards Train
Homer Plessy - 30 year old shoe maker, boarded the East Louisiana Railroad. His intent was to take a trip to New Orleans. Since he was partially black (1/8), he was told to ride in the black car but refused the command and was arrested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson -
September of 1892
Later in 1892, Plessy ruled against Lousiana for violating his rights according to the 13th and 14th ammendment that state no slavery and segragation. The Judge which was John Howard Ferguson, ruled against him. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html -
Plessy Pays
Plessy entered a guilty plea and payed a fine of 25 dollars. The Committee of Citizens who were for Plessy, continued to try and make the government of Louisiana change from segregating to become a true and equal state. http://www.knowla.org/entry/737/ -
Plessy appeals his case - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson
The Committee of Citizens took Plessy’s appeal to the Supreme Court of the State, where Plessy again found out that no matter what he did, nobody would give him the answers he wanted to hear. The Supreme Court upheld Ferguson’s ruling. Because Plessy could not change the views from others, two legal statements or “briefs” were submitted on Plessy’s behalf. One was on how Plessy said they volated his 13th and 14th ammendment. The other one was on how a black man was not property, to whites. -
Later in 1896
Louisiana's court woted on whether or not to keep segregation a thing in their state, and the voting results were 7-1 in favor of it. http://www.knowla.org/entry/737/
