They were not claiming to be defending American traditions because in the past they were just slaves for the white. They wanted America to be their home too. The Constitution of the United States of America and, the Fourteen Amendment supported that they were seeking to transform America by giving them the right of life, liberty and property. Including, the right to vote, which white people did not approve, and refuse to vote in favor of it. This way African Americans had the majority of the vote and was assured that for the person that they had voted for will help them to transform America for a good cause on making it better. “During the Gilded Age, the labor movement offered a very different understanding of freedom” (McNeill, pg.39). The freedmen, workers, farmers and slaves had no intentions on seeking revenge on white supremacist. All they demanded was equality, and to have their own rights and
They were not claiming to be defending American traditions because in the past they were just slaves for the white. They wanted America to be their home too. The Constitution of the United States of America and, the Fourteen Amendment supported that they were seeking to transform America by giving them the right of life, liberty and property. Including, the right to vote, which white people did not approve, and refuse to vote in favor of it. This way African Americans had the majority of the vote and was assured that for the person that they had voted for will help them to transform America for a good cause on making it better. “During the Gilded Age, the labor movement offered a very different understanding of freedom” (McNeill, pg.39). The freedmen, workers, farmers and slaves had no intentions on seeking revenge on white supremacist. All they demanded was equality, and to have their own rights and