they use their power to vots and some of the af-am move from there state. the reason they were moving becase they were sold off so they were trying to get back to there family.
Because they were promised freedom if they fought.
A pull factor that brought African Americans to the north was freedom. The south was being run and build on the backs of slaves and many African Americans wanted to be free. Many took to escaping using the Underground Railroad to reach the north. However, some were found and brought back.
Because they were promised freedom if they fought.
Underground railroad
Because they were promised freedom if they fought.
reuniting with lost family members
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
They didn't support freedom for enslaved African Americans
Life was hard because many southern cities lay in ruins and there where no jobs around leaving Africans Americans homeless and penniless
They passed Jim Crow laws and what they called equal but separate laws.
They helped because the Americans needed more men so they said fight with us and you get freedom. It was an honorable way out of bondage.
Based on census data found on Wikipedia: in 2000, Connecticut had a population of 3,405,565 people total (all races) and African Americans were 10.46% of the total population. This means that 356,222 African Americans lived in Connecticut in 2000.