By law, after 1865. However, after 1876 or so, there was a quasi-legal reign of terror in most of the Confederacy, carried out by the KKK and similar groups, that effectively barred blacks from voting until the late 1960s.
1965
They were NO longer owned by others and they could be with famliy and they were in better living conditions in their own homes.
One of the hardships was the fact that African-Americans could not get good jobs. They were discriminated against and would not get services as easily as the other Americans.
Not all African Americans were slaves. Many were free African Americans while others were so light in their skin color so they could pass as a white. Some free African Americans owned slaves themselves.
They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write
White landowners who could make those African Americans work for them
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
white landowners who could make those african americans work for them
White landowners who could make those African Americans work for them
White Landowners who could make those African Americans work for them.
White landowners who could make those African Americans work for them
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
they could vote.