humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism and empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition.
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There was a series of laws and amendments passed to give them their rights, and example would be:
The right to vote
The destruction of man being enslaved do to color of skin
Etc.
But of course this stuff kept going until the late 1800`s, but finally died down
