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The situation across America in the mid 1700s to the mid 1800s was
the same; Africans and African Americans were attempting to achieve their
freedom that should have been granted to them at the writing of the
governments Declaration of Independence in 1776. In this declaration, it
states that all men are created equal and that these men are endowed with
certain rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The writer
of this document, Thomas Jefferson, shows how hypocritical this line was due
to being a slave holder at the time of the documents writing. In states such
as Ohio, the extreme differences in treatment between free blacks and
caucasian men are a vivid example of the mistreatment of the black
community. Ohio, a border state between the North and South is an example
of southern influence compared to a state such as Massachusetts that is
deep in the North and far away from southern influence. The changing
regulations and views on slavery in Ohio are a good representation of the
legal and social situation of free Africans and African Americans in both the
North and South. Massachusetts and Ohio are both located in the North but
because Ohio is a border state it was directly influenced by southern views
which had an effect on Ohios legal and social role of slavery in the state that
developed through the 18th and 19th century.
The state of Ohio was split with the northern Ohioans siding with the
northern views of slavery and the treatment of African Americans and the
southern Ohioans siding with the southern views of pro-slavery. The southern
part of Ohio was directly connected to trade with the south and was also