Slavery

In our past history, we have had trouble with slavery; particularly targeting African Americans. The reason Americans did this is because they thought people from Africa were different from Americans. This all seemed to be based on skin color. Some people thought that Africans didn't have much to live for in Africa and so they brought them to America for a different life as servants. Not all Americans agreed with the slave market. People like Abraham Lincoln didn't agree with it and many other citizens didn't either. It was a few years before Lincoln signed a bill to stop slavery and he was later assasinated. It doesn't seem right that someone would be killed for doing something that was right. In some ways Lincoln was a "slave" to America in that he can all his time to America to try to make things better just like many of the slaves did. He really shouldn't have died for it. I just don't think it's right to get mad at people who do good things for their country or others.