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This is the first 1,000 characters of 678 words (2.71 pages) in the essay titled Plessy V Ferguson http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/PlessyFerguson.htmlAbraham Lincoln s success in the Civil War and the end of slavery sparked a new era for the Black race in America. The Black Codes passed following the Civil War, gave Blacks equal rights in the United States. But even though they were guaranteed their freedom from slavery, the law segregated them from Whites. This segregation of Blacks and Whites sparked many questions of the rights guaranteed in the Fourteenth Amendment. These question would later become a significant factor in a lawsuit 28 years after the amendment was adopted in the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. In 1890, Louisiana passed a statue providing that all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races, by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger coaches by a partition so as to secure separate accommodations. . . The penalty for sitting in the wrong compartment was either a fine of $25 or 20 days in jail. Homer Plessy, a 30-year old shoemaker, was jailed for sitting in the White s car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Plessy was a mix of seven-eighths white and one-eighths black. The Louisiana law still considered him black and, therefore, required him to sit in the colored car. Plessy went to court and argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments... |
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Keywords: plessy v ferguson, homer plessy, fourteenth amendment, howard ferguson, end of slavery, amendments to the constitution, abraham lincoln, passenger coaches, civil war, accommodations, louisiana railroad, east louisiana, colored car, old shoemaker, colored races