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.
There was no way the slave owners wanted a group of African Americans running around with guns!
they made life difficult by not hiring the African Americans in there buissnesses
Difficulties such as lack of money and poor locations made it hard for African American businesses to succeed.
there jobs were to fight in the civil war for the union, but the slave owners trick African Americans into being on their side because slave owners said;" if you fight on our side i will let you be free".there jobs were to fight in the civil war for the union, but the slave owners trick African Americans into being on their side because slave owners said;" if you fight on our side i will let you be free".there jobs were to fight in the civil war for the union, but the slave owners trick African Americans into being on their side because slave owners said;" if you fight on our side i will let you be free".there jobs were to fight in the civil war for the union, but the slave owners trick African Americans into being on their side because slave owners said;" if you fight on our side i will let you be free".
what rights did African Americans lose when reconstruciton ended Their previous slave owners wanted to still rule over them.
Though technically they were free, there was anger and hatred directed toward these African Americans because plantation owners had lost employees and house holds had lost their slaves. African Americans were, sadly, still treated differently.
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to fight in the war but got worse jobs than the white people and got paid less still and African Americans could get recaptured by their owners so they had to becareful
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to fight in the war but got worse jobs than the white people and got paid less still and African Americans could get recaptured by their owners so they had to becareful
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to fight in the war but got worse jobs than the white people and got paid less still and African Americans could get recaptured by their owners so they had to becareful
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to fight in the war but got worse jobs than the white people and got paid less still and African Americans could get recaptured by their owners so they had to becareful
They could be arrested