Free But Not Equal

An important fact that I learned from The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is that even though slaves were freed, they were still looked down upon by society. When Jane was freed, she was free to do anything she wanted, but there would always be people that would try and put her down. Jane still had to live in slave quarters, and was treated poorly because of the color of her skin. Jane was old, wise, and respected by the black community, but all that the white people saw in her was the color of her skin. The white people shot and killed Ned Douglass and Jimmy Aaron because they both fought for equality. It took 100 years for civil rights to be given to African Americans, and even then, they were not treated equally. For the most part, things have changed, and now everyone is free and equal.

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