Many African Americans moved north to escape residual prejudice in the south, but found a similar attitude albeit with more restraint. The North wanted them free, but by and large, did not want them as neighbors. African Americans toiled and fought for anther 100 years before they were granted equal rights as American citizens.
buy and work land of their own and men have the right to vote whenever it became possible.
The African Americans did expand their economic opportunities after reconstruction by owning some businesses. They opened their own colleges and owned some mines.
African Americans
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in the north states
they bought farms and sharecropped.
African Americans were finally able to recieve an education.
The Reconstruction Era occurs right after the Civil War, which along with freedom already provides changes to African Americans. Because of this, African Americans were no longer slaves and could perform in practices of business, such as sharecropping. Basically, it opened a range of new opportunities to African Americans.
African Americans
war work..............
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in the north states
they bought farms and sharecropped.
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The Freedman's Bureau was beneficial during reconstruction for African Americans. This bureau assisted African Americans by providing food, medical assistance, and housing, after the war left many communities empty.
African Americans were finally able to recieve an education.
Tools to disfranchise African Americans.
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