# What the Negro Has Done for Liberty in America

Author: Moore, John, Prof.

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66329

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## Summary

It seems like a paradox to speak of the Negro as efficiently related to the cause of freedom in America. He was brought here and forced into slavery, in which condition he was held most of the time since the country was settled. He was treated not as a human being, but as property to be used only for the advantage of his oppressors. Some became free, but North as well as South, they were largely shut out from the opportunities for industry and general improvement of their condition. They were under a social ban and not recognized as equal to their fellowmen of a different complexion. After suffering from such treatment for generations it could hardly be expected that Negroes would feel mu...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-the-negro-has-done-for-liberty-in-america-66329/chapters/1/index.md)