Color Of Law
Twentyscore and one year ago (401 years) racism in the world, especially in the United States of America, has been present. Starting in 1619 when 20 Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia. European descendants were given the privilege to own Africans as their property.
Then Africans were brainwashed to forget their identities and origins. Africans were named after their slave owners. They were lynched in public when they refused to comply to send a message to the next one who didn't cooperate. African names were substituted with plantation names. This was done knowing a man who does not have an identity will accept any identity.
In this book, Color Of Law, you will discover with surgical precision where and when racism and slavery began. And the impact these pandemics have on our societies even now in the 21st century. The author, Regis, will give you tools to eradicate this pandemic called racism. You cannot eradicate or heal a pathology if you do not know is origin or root.
Regis will dive back into the 17th, 18th, 19th and the 20th centuries to reveal the moral and physical atrocities that African Americans went through even until today in the 21st century. Since the Revolutionary War in 1775-1783 African Americans have been loyal to their country. They were not even considered humans even on July 4th 1776 after the writing of the Declaration of Independence. This was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third U. S president. They established the United States Colored Troop (USCT) and African Americans fought with desire and honor. In 1861-1865 during the Civil War African Americans were on the front lines and they defeated the Confederate Army. The Confederate Army was led by General Robert E. Lee. On January 1,1863, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in recognition of the courage and bravery of African Americans who literally fought to be free. On July 1st-3rd of 1863 at Gettysburg a battle took place. General George Gordon Meade of the Union Army defeated the Confederate Army led by General Robert E. Lee. On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address. He gave his speech at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a dedication of the soldiers.
On April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army in Northern Virginia to the Union Army led by General Ulysses S. Grant. This was the end of the Civil War. The 13th Amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 and ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and stated, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction". On April 16, 1862 President Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. This Law prohibited slavery in the District, forcing its 900-odd slaveholders to free their slaves. The government paid owners an average of about $300 per slave which is equivalent to $8000 in 2020. African Americans have contributed to and participated in the United States democracy. When the Civil War was over, the United States was under reconstruction. President Lincoln was assassinated five days after the Civil War was over. On April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a white actor and ex- Confederate soldier.
Then President Andrew Johnson led the country. In 1866 six veterans of the Confederate Army established the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Pulaski, Tennessee. Nathan Bedford Forrest was elected the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867-1869. He was an ex-Confederate Army General. They established this association to oppress and lynch African Americans in the Southern states. The Jim Crow laws followed.