Yes they could be slaves or servants. If they had these jobs they would have to work for their owners and they would only get paid a little if any at all.
Most free African Americans in the south during the 1800s found work not very different from slave work, such as being a laborer.
make better jobs available to African Americans
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
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Many former slaves moved west in the 1800s. Northerner's feared freed slaves would take their jobs. They did not want to stay in the hostile South.
Most free African Americans in the south during the 1800s found work not very different from slave work, such as being a laborer.
One of the hardships was the fact that African-Americans could not get good jobs. They were discriminated against and would not get services as easily as the other Americans.
make better jobs available to African Americans
the African Americans were able to go where the whites could go.schoolsstoreswork in better jobs
African Americans: As As many African Americans were unemployed prior to the depression, the many aid and civilian work programs, such as FERA and the CCC, helped more Americans obtain jobs. These jobs created an income that could be put back into the economy.
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
Women joined the Armed Forces and got jobs in factories while African Americans got jobs in factories as well
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Many former slaves moved west in the 1800s. Northerner's feared freed slaves would take their jobs. They did not want to stay in the hostile South.