At the time, plantations were staffed by slaves and the prospect of not having all of that free labor for their plantations worried the owners. They were used to having an eloquent lifestyle thanks to the hard work of the slaves and the thought of all that being taken from them was not a happy thought.
They assumed that the freed slaves would cause a rebellion in their slaves and they would end up losing some of them to the underground railroad. They tried to discourage any freed slaves to come around their plantations and ran them off if they tried. Some ended up at the end of a rope and did not get to enjoy their newly gained freedom. Some ended up going to work for the white owner to manage the slaves day to day.
In the south there were no "free African Americans ". All African Americans in the southern states were slaves. Therefore, slaves owners didn't create problems for free African Americans because they never met a free slaves.
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.
Europeans and Americans.
no
yes
African Americans
not African Americans
slaves were African Americans because white people thought other colored people were different from them and segregation is another reason
Well, your mom had quite a few slaves back in the day
Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.
The Former African Slaves invented Blues music as a way to relieve the unhappiness in their lives. People who heard it found it a good therapy for their 'blues' and that's how it got its name.
they came as slaves from Eroupe