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Mattie Grant ∙
Exodusters
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
Its power to protect the rights of individuals increased ~ APEX
it was legal as a form of punishment
It was a change from plantation life.
They offered literacy courses to former slaves.
were members of the Rebublican Party
The Freedmen's BureauThe freedmen's bureau
members of the republican party. apex
move away if they had resourses to do so
helped write new state constitutions
The homestead act offered them free land
B. Broken railroads, factories, and bridges