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Why did many white southerners fear free African Americans?
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
Why did many white southerners fear free African-Americans?
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
Were all African-Americans 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.
What is the difference between the live of a free African American and white southern?
Free African Americans often had a much lower social standing the white southerners.
Who served as a conductor for the Underground Railroad?
Free african Americans and white northern
Who was the white woman who wrote about the need to free African-Americans?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Did African Americans own other African American as slaves?
Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.
What two attitudes toward free African-Americans remained in the north even after slavery had Disappeared?
Free African Americans in the North were treated as inferior even after slavery. They had few rights and considered 3/5 human.
Slave owners created diffuculties for free African Americans because?
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.
Why did white southerners fear free africans Americans?
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
What did some free African Americans fight for?
freedom for other african americans
How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free African Americans in the North?
The Fugitive Slave Act required that free states assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves, severely limiting the rights of free African Americans in the North. It allowed for the capture and detention of any African American accused of being a fugitive slave, subjecting them to potential re-enslavement. This legislation heightened fear and insecurity among free African Americans, as they could be captured and sent into slavery despite their status as free individuals.
