Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid was a government in South Africa.  The policy of the Europeans in South Africa to seperate the whites from the blacks. Nelson Mandela was the former president of South Africa. He fought for unity and liberation. He made a promise to himself that when he got out of prison he would liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. While Mandela was in prison he dreamed of equality and freedom to all. Mandela envisioned South Africans of all races living in harmony. During Mandela's 27 years in prison, he became the symbolic body and blood of the anti-apartheid campaign. The South African government, which was reeling from world condemnation, economic sanctions and a fear that if Mandela died in jail, a black revolution would follow, finally released him in 1990. Mandela negotiated with the white government to end apartheid. Four years later he was elected president and served for five years.