The Long-Term Effects of The Emancipation Proclamation
"There are two types of segigation-de jure segrigation, which is enforced legally, and de facto segrigation which occurs naturally in society. De facto segrigation excisted from the moment slavery ended, and de jure segrigation followed hard on its heels"
~Jennifer Lynch- US History Major and US History teacher
After the Civil War ended and the Amendments were passed,
African-Americans took a step closer to equality. Former slaves were still treated poorly. They were considered equal, but kept separated. There was lots of segrigation, especially in the south because of slavery's past prominence there. Segrigation included:
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