One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
<span>After the civil war many states passed Jim Crow laws intended to counteract constitutional amendments that granted former slaves B. citizenship and voting rights.
Many people were still very racist at the time and didn't consider black people to be eligible to have these rights.
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An increased interest in different cultures
