The Constitution of the United States was first based on inalienable rights granted to us not just by our government, but as human beings by G-d. The idea was a framework for a system to protect the liberties of the common people, and to ensure that our country would remain the beacon of freedom for the world. What makes us different is our rights as Americans are inalienable, this means that they cannot be taken away. Otherwise we would be no different than Iran or North Korea and would live in a state of oppression.
You could check out this website:
https://newrepublic.com/article/126987/remaking-american-west
or this one:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/18e.asp
i'm not really sure what info you want tho..
“colored” all persons having any discoverable nonwhite ancestry and therefore subjecting all persons of mixed-race ancestry to the racial segregation laws and laws against interracial marriage.