It helped them to own their own land for farming -APEX
People don't migrate, but animals migrate. Former slaves were all ready located in the southern states.
Many former slaves left their old plantations after the Civil War so they could experience freedom that the war brought to them. They wanted to know what it was like to go wherever they wanted, without having to get permission from an owner.
Some states passed laws that kept freed slaves from exercising their right to vote
They had no place to go. Most even took their master name as their's
They were unable to take advantage of the act due to its specific requirements that needed money and the recently freed slaves did not have enough money
It helped them to own their own land for farming. -APEX
It helped them to own their own land for farming -APEX
It helped them to own their own land for farming. -APEX
Many former slaves migrate to cities because they had more job opportunities there.
Many former slaves decided to settle in the North in order to be free. There were lots of job opportunities in the North for former slaves.
The Freedom's Bureau group helped educate many former slaves when they were emancipated.
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They had more job opportunities there.
Many were designed to keep the former slaves poor
Many former slaves moved west in the 1800s. Northerner's feared freed slaves would take their jobs. They did not want to stay in the hostile South.
The Freedman's Bureau was designed to help transition former slaves into the white US society. It at least gave former slaves and people with good intentions some faith that this would happen. Unfortunately, Americans were against slavery but not many were in favor of equality between the races. Lincoln had foreseen this problem which is why he and others hoped that former slaves could be settled back in Africa or South America. Lincoln believed freed Blacks would not get a fair deal in the North or the South after the War.