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Aurore Stanton
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∙ 11y ago1. They felt former slaves might resent their treatment and seek revenge on whites.
2. They feared ascendancy of a people they did not understand.
3. They feared they would be out-of-place in a society that adapted to embrace blacks; or worse, that they could become minorities themselves.
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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.
How did plantation owners and other white southerners make life difficult for African Americans?
they made life difficult by not hiring the African Americans in there buissnesses
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 was a leader of the radical republicans who wanted economic justice for both African Americans and poor white southerners?
thaddeus stevens
Why were the strong politics of radical reconstruction largely ineffective in changing the attitudes of white Southerners toward African Americans?
what happen if a slave run away
How did radical white southerners oppose rights for african americans?
Radical white southerners did everything in their power to oppose rights for African Americans. Namely, the white southerners would African Americans to take tests and pay outrageous fees in order to vote.
How did southerners keep African Americans from political power?
They white southerners kept African Americans from political power is by creating Black codes
Why did many white southerners fear 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.
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.
How did plantation owners and other white southerners make life difficult for African Americans?
they made life difficult by not hiring the African Americans in there buissnesses
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 was a leader of the radical republicans who wanted economic justice for both African Americans and poor white southerners?
thaddeus stevens
Why did many white fear free African Americans?
The vast majority of white Southerners could not afford slaves and struggled for basic self-sufficiency.
Why were the strong politics of radical reconstruction largely ineffective in changing the attitudes of white Southerners toward African Americans?
what happen if a slave run away
How did southern states stop African Americans from voting?
they passed the poll tax, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses to prevent African Americans from voting. Also, the white southerners formed clans like the KKK to prevent blacks from voting.
Is there more African-Americans or white Americans?
White Americans
