Slavery is a prominent part of United States history. Slavery has existed for thousands of years in many cultures, but in the United States, the institution seemed to have been perfected. It also came at a time of enlightenment, when many began to see slavery not as the necessity that many felt it was, but as an evil exploitation of men. Slavery was the backbone of the primary industry of the South. The United States …showed first 75 words of 1206 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1206 total…It took so much, a Civil War, 13th and 14th Amendments and numerous other events for that phrase in the Constitution to include all people as a whole. During the 1960s, Civil Rights Movements were staged by people such as Martin Luther King, Jr to help give African Americans the same rights that whites had. Even to this day, there have been numerous advancements made, yet there are many more that need to be achieved.