Comparison and Contrast (white supremecy)

 In the texts "When I Was A Slave" edited by Norman Yetman and "Southern Horrors" by Ida B. Wells, edited by Jacqueline Jones Royster. I have noticed and what caught my attention is before and after slavery how these African American were either getting treated the same or even worse. Before slavery came to an end innocent "negroes" were getting wrongly accused , beaten and even killed just for being dark skin toned. After slaves got their freedom those tortures did not change. They were getting worse through out the years. The white supremacist were making up excuses just to lynch  and crucify African American. It came to a point were the whites weren't even being questioned about their injustice against blacks. For example in southern horrors on pg 94 Henry Smith (an African American) accused of assaulting a white man and raping his daughter.because of this accusation he was killed in the most inhuman and gruesome way possible. Henry was man with mental issues and there were a few people who had suggested that he were to be put in a home. But that was ignored. Henry did rape the white mans daughter but he did not recall because of his condition, he was remorseful but that wasn't any help for him. His actions resulted in him getting crucified in front of 10,000 people as if it were to be a celebration. smith was physically tortured for fifty minutes, with red hot iron brands shoved against his body. After he was considered dead, kerosene was emptied upon his body. This is how white supremacist brought justice to the blacks.