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What did the free blacks in the South were allowed to?
own property
Why blacks were allowed to fight in the north and not the south during the US Civil War?
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
In most northern states free blacks were?
In most northern states free blacks were segregated from the whites in public places. They were not given equal economic opportunities or allowed to go to public schools.
How many free African Americans lived in the south?
9.00 Africans were free in that particular year
Which of these made free blacks different from free whites in the US?
Free blacks could not become U.S. citizens. Khanh
How many free blacks lived in the antebellum south during the 1850s?
in the 1860's there was 1253 blacks in the south
How many free Blacks lived in the Confederate states when the US Civil War broke out?
Approximately 135,000 free Blacks lived in the South when the US Civil War began.
Why were there few free blacks living in the South prior to the Civil War?
There were a great many free blacks living in the south prior to the Civil War. Most free blacks in American lived in the south. In the 1860 census there were 30 million people in the US. Nine million were in the south, including three million slaves, and another half million free blacks. John Hope Franklin, the eminent black historian, has made the free black population of the south a subject of his excellent writing.
In the south free blacks were?
In the South, free blacks faced discrimination, limited rights, and restrictions on their movements. They often lived in segregated communities and were subject to harsher laws than white individuals. Despite their free status, they still had to navigate a society that denied them full citizenship and equality.
Are all African kids commanded to do slavery?
No. Only those whose mother was a slave were born slaves. If the mother was free, so was the child. The father's status did not matter. In 1860 there were four million blacks in the US. Three and one half million were slaves, mostly in the south, and the other half million were free. Most free blacks also lived in the south, and some were even slave owners themselves.
What did the free blacks in the South were allowed to?
own property
In what ways were the lives of free blacks in the north diff rent from and similar to the lives of free blacks in the south?
There were no free African Americans in the south. In the north they were free but still discrimination kept them from expressing themselves and having rights.
Did free slaves live in the north or south?
Freed slaves lived in both the north and the south. Being a slave was a legal status, and by the same token, being free was also a legal status. Therefore, once a slave became free, he was free to live and work in the south. Many free blacks owned plantations and bought and sold slaves.
Free blacks in the South generally?
enjoyed few freedoms
How were free blacks treated in the antebellum North?
Better then in the south
Why blacks were allowed to fight in the north and not the south during the US Civil War?
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
Which outcome of reconstruction most likely appealed to both blacks and whites in the south?
The Emancipation Proclamation. This allowed both white and black slaves to become free in the south, although it was not the most popular law in that area.
