Discuss the ways in which these two groups were denied rights and freedom yet sought as much control as possible in any relevant primary sources from Sources, Vicki Rozema’s Voices from the Trail of Tears and Frederick Douglas’ Narrative of the Life of an American Slave.
In the first half of the 19th Century, a number of groups within the United States struggled to assert their rights. In the case of both Native Americans and African Americans, the obstacles to full inclusion in the U.S. polity, economy, and society gave a special importance to the articulation of a unique identity distinct […]