Napoleon laid out a new set of laws in 1804 called the Napoleon Code, which called for religious freedom and equality before the law.
I agree with the person above - with the passing of the Sherman Antitrust Act, monopolies were made illegal.
This act forbade any trusts, which included monopolies as well in the United States. The act was accepted by the government in 1890 while the president was Benjamin Harrison. Over time, the act was broadened to include other organizations as well, such as cartels.
This was important to the African Americans because they had huge dilemmas associated with segregation and mostly discrimination. They weren't able to vote but the poll tax wasn't expensive at all which was enough to stop the poor - both white and black- from voting.
Not slave, Kansas is middle north of North America but I do believe it was a free state
How things have changed, maybe in our cultures. Even in the last 15 years our world has changed dramatically I can only imagine how different growing up 2000 years ago would be. Also becoming a teenager. <span />
