South. Slaves were one of the main workers in their industry.
The North had abolished slavery because it did not fit the industrial system. Factory bosses wanted mobile skilled labour. They could not use slaves.
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African-Americans migrated to the north because of racism, lynching, and lack of opportunities in the South.
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in the north states
South enslaved because they needed people to pick the cotton and other harvest
The southern half of the country kept the African-Americans as slaves. The northern states never engaged in that kind of behavior.
Approximately 85%
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The South had the big plantations which needed a huge work force. The North had factories which didn't need quite as much unskilled labor.
The Freedman's Bureau had the specific mission to help formerly enslaved African Americans transition to new lives. The Freedman's Bureau set up several schools for African Americans.
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Why do you think that discrimination against free African Americans was harsher in the South than in the North?
I don't think the south recruited them but the North recruited African Americans to win the war against the south to make the slaves free.
because they thought everyone should be equal.
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