For years, England had imposed act after act upon the American public. ... For years black Americans tolerated their status in American society, but with their insurrection came an end to slavery and oppression. ... The granting of true civil and voting rights to blacks came as the culmination of a series of social and political events that occurred over the course of many years. ... This hostility was not uncommon among blacks and whites at the time, and though for years now, black Americans have been granted equal rights and given the freedoms possessed by whites for centuries, a limited ...

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