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Because Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Q: Why were slaves freed from there plantations?
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Did the freed slaves go back to work on plantations after the war?

No.


What were slaves freed at the end of the war able to do?

Some freed slaves were able to move on and find work and make a decent living for themselves and their families. Some freed slaves stayed on the plantations where they had worked before or moved to other plantations nearby. Many freed slaves did not know how to be free, so they caused problems by stealing and fighting.


What were freed slaves able to do at the end of the war?

Some freed slaves were able to move on and find work and make a decent living for themselves and their families. Some freed slaves stayed on the plantations where they had worked before or moved to other plantations nearby. Many freed slaves did not know how to be free, so they caused problems by stealing and fighting.


What was true about all slaves freed from plantations?

They lacked experience in living independently.


What was true nearly all slaves freed from plantations?

They lacked experience in living independently.


What was true about nearly all slaves freed plantations?

They lacked experience in living independently.


What did most newly freed slaves do in the period immediately following the Civil War?

Remained in near the plantations where they were inslaved


How were free slaves educated?

The postbellum United States was a very unfriendly place for freed slaves. Many Freed slaves actually stayed on their plantations (where they were certainly not educated) due to the difficultly of finding employment in an incredibly prejudiced society and the relative sercuity they had on a plantation. Of those slaves that did leave the plantations many moved to cites where they became the urban poor. In short aside from isolated attempts from the Freedmen's Bureau(established by the radical republicans and almost as quickly abolished by the consecrative Andrew Johnson) freed slaves were not educated


What was a true about nearly all slaves freed from plantations?

They had been treated absolutely appallingly.


Why was there more slaves in the south?

the north was opposed to slavery whereas slaves were very important for agricultural reasons in the south where huge plantations were popular. also, Abraham Lincoln freed them in the North.


How did the 13 amendment help the freed slaves?

it abolished slavery, and the freedmen and slaves were free without ever having to get back to working on plantations, but some were forced to because they had little rights and oppurtunites.


Who were slaves in the South freed by?

the slaves in the south were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.