While many southerners viewed Blacks as dutiful and trustworthy in the 1850s and 1860s, by the 1880s and 1890s they demonized the African Americans as untrustworthy and not having the capacity for citizenship.

True or False?

False

Explanation:

It is not true that views on African Americans were mostly positive in the 1850s and 1860s, and mostly negative as time went by. Instead, views on African Americans were quite negative throughout most of the history of the United States. While some people, such as abolitionists, believed Black people to be equal, many others thought that they were an inferior race. This only continued later on, and although it has decreased in recent years, many people still hold racist views when it comes to African Americans.