Problem
While many Americans during the early 19th century claimed the United State was the "land of liberty," this was not true for African Americans. Consider how black Americans challenged the status quo of the early 19th What conditions did free black Americans in the North and enslaved peoples in the south face? Using the authors covered in this class, how did they address inequality in the United States and what action, if any, did they call for? Overall, did those authors seem to accept or reject the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?