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Exodusters
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
The confederate states think that there should no longer be slaves.
Many freed slaves remained on the farms where they had worked as slaves for several reasons:
Some masters asked (or demanded) that the newly free slaves stay on the master's property, offering a house and wages. However, by the time the master was done charging the freed slaves for rent and supplies, they received no wages and could not afford to move to another place.
Some slaves were not told that they were free.
Many freed slaves did not know how to live as free men and women. They would try it for awhile and then return to their former masters.
Others stayed with their masters because the master had been good to them and continued to treat them well after emancipation.
The term used by southerners for a return to Democratic white rule was redeemers.
they did not welcome them
They lacked experience in living independently.
all of the above - APEX
held their own services in secret
The Radical Republicans supported the measure to ensure voting rights for African Americans.
