ear, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim. " This passage from Frederick Douglas's Independence Day Address, 1852, defines the true nature of the blacks. They were not recognized, they were treated socially unjust, and most of all, America did nothing about it from its establishment in 1776 to the Civil War. Blacks cried for justice, cried for equality, and cried for humanity, and were not heard for a 100 years. The hardships and inequalities the blacks faced cannot amount to the opression and the persection Native Americans were given. . They have been the ultimate sufferers from American persecution. There land has been stolen from them, their people massacred by them, and most of all their liberty has been stripped from them. In 1789, Thomas Jefferson stated, "It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken by the Indians without their consent. The sacredness of their rights is felt by all thinking persons in America as much as in Europe." In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance stated, "The utmost of good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken away away from them without their consent; and their property, rights, and liberty shall never be invaded by Congress; but laws founded in Justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs to them, and for preserving friendship and peace with them." Both of these quotes support the Indians in preserving their rights, their land, and their liberty. What happened? In 1785 Indian chiefs signed the Treaty of Fort McIntosh that ceded lands in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee to the United States government after the chiefs were tainted with Alcohol. In 1795 the treaty of Greenville was signed that pushed Indians farther from their land and supposedly payed them money and prohibted white settlers from entering the area, a joke. In August 10th, 1810 Tecumseh speak...
