This passage is from the testimony of Henry Adams, a formerly enslaved man who testified before the Senate in 1880 about the treatment he encountered after emancipation. Which statement best describes why Henry Adams was beaten?

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”

doesn't make any since

explanation:

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.