Introduction
Historical Analysis Foremost, to understand the grounds on which Jim Crow laws emerged, there is a need for one to consider the situation that developed in the United States in the years leading to the mentioned Civil War. On one hand, Southern plantation owners assumed a pro-slavery stand as a means to protect their economic interests. The growth of cotton in the South was dependent on the free and hard labor that the institution of slavery availed. On the other hand, Northerners voiced their anti-slavery sentiments and called for the freedom of all black slaves. The endorsement of the ...