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After the end of the war, instead of legislating to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves, the southern legislature made a set of laws called the Black Codes that undermined the rights of blacks and kept them under the authority of whites.
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∙ 13y agoThe North didn't want slavery to exist, however, that didn't mean that the North liked African Americans. For example, the North didn't want to sit next to Africans. There were different buses, schools, shops,etc. for Africans and Whites. Some people were terrified of African Americans. There were very few cases where a white actually liked a African American.
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∙ 12y agoFree African-American were affected by the Civil War because they had to see if their people will be free and they had to go in the war or support it because then they won't be free anymore.
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Did African Americans own other African American as slaves?
Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.
Is Charles l reason a African American?
yes. he was a free African American
Were African Americans allowed in the Union Army?
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
How were free African Americans really not free?
In many cases, free African Americans were not wholly free. At some points prior to the Civil War, former slaves that had escaped could be recaptured, and after the Civil War, free slaves were limited in their career options, the locations of their homes, and even in where they could shop.
What permitted African Americans to fight for the north?
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, permitted African Americans to fight for the North during the American Civil War. This proclamation declared that all slaves in Confederate territory were declared free, and authorized the recruitment of African American soldiers into the Union Army. By the end of the war, over 180,000 African American soldiers had served in the Union Army.
What did Robert Fitzgerald do during the civil war?
Free African American from Pennsylvania who server for Union. Free African American from Pennsylvania who served for Union.
How did African American slaves become free after the civil war?
They were free in the Union (the north), but not in the Confederacy (the south), as they became seperate.
Who was Hiram Rhoades Revels in the Civil War?
Hiram Rhoades Revels was born a free man of African American and Indian descent in a slave state, and was the first African American member of Congress.
Did African Americans own other African American as slaves?
Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.
What did Frederick?
Frederick Douglass was a soldier in the Civil War. Frederick Douglass was an African American solider fighting to free his people.
African-American troops during the civil war?
There were many African American troops in the US Civil War. By 1865, one in ten Union Soldiers was African American. An estimated 40,000 African Americans died in the war.
Why African American fought in civil war?
Gee, because they wanted to be free from slavery, maybe, o grammatically-challenged one?
What role did African Americans play in the civil war?
The history of African Americans in the U.S. Civil War is marked by 186,097 (7,122 officers, 178,975 enlisted) African American men, comprising 163 units, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free African Americans and runaway slaves joined the fight. On the Confederate side, blacks, both free and slave, were used for labor
How did the Revolution affect African-Americans?
For many it gave them the false hope that they would also be free. <---? NO. Well, o____o This is MY answer. The American Revolution affected them by bringing changes for them on BOTH sides. Many FREE African American's in the United States went into bussiness as artisans and merchants. In northern cities like Boston, New york, and Philadelphia, African American's established communities.
Where can you download African American nativity clipart for free?
African American History
Is Charles l reason a African American?
yes. he was a free African American
What has the author James Free written?
James Free has written: 'James Free papers' -- subject(s): Motion pictures, Civil rights movements, Cold War, American newspapers, Civil rights, Journalism, Birmingham news, African Americans
