Nationalism led to anti-Semitism. This extreme prejudice against Jews led to the idea of Zionism being developed: the notion developed by Theodor Herzl that the only defense against anti-Semitism was the mass migration of Jews from all over the world to a place they could call their own and feel safe at, Palestine.
Answer: The white men were threatened by his status as a freedman.
Explanation: “So him and two other struck me with a stick and told me they were going to kill me and every other Negro who told them that they did not belong to anyone”
