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Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.

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What was true about Native Americans relationships with African slaves?

Much depended on the tribes. For some, there was sympathy for the black slaves who they believed were being taken advantage of much like they were by the Anglo-Americans. Some runaway slaves found shelter with Native American tribes and intermarried with them. On the other hands, there were Native American tribes that actually kept African slaves.


Why do you study about harriet Tubman?

We should study about her because she was an African American and escaped slavery and other African Americans weent with her. We should study about her because she was an African American and escaped slavery and other African Americans weent with her.


What do African-Americans speak?

African-Americans in the United States primarily speak English. However, there are also some African-Americans who speak African languages, Creole languages, or other languages from their ancestral backgrounds.


Where did African slaves come from and how?

From Africa, Americans went and took them hostage, and traded them in Cuba for sugar. (Americans would capture them and trade with other Americans for cotton or sugar.)


Where did black people's language originate from?

If you're referring to African languages, all of them originated in various areas of Africa coming from different language family. If you're talking about African American English (AAE)--a variant of American English spoken by some African Americans in parts of the US, mostly in the South, Midwest, and parts of California--it's an interesting mixture of Standard American with various African languages. AAE is actually from the US and originated from slaves on plantations who came from different areas trying to communicate with each other and speak English. On of the fascinating things about it is that it regularizes the Standard American to a large extent as well as specifying between a habitual state and a passing one.

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Why were slaves African-Americans?

slaves were African Americans because white people thought other colored people were different from them and segregation is another reason


What was true about Native Americans relationships with African slaves?

Much depended on the tribes. For some, there was sympathy for the black slaves who they believed were being taken advantage of much like they were by the Anglo-Americans. Some runaway slaves found shelter with Native American tribes and intermarried with them. On the other hands, there were Native American tribes that actually kept African slaves.


Could freed blacks buy slaves?

No, because it's not fair for the other African Americans to be controlled by other experienced slaves.


How did Marian Anderson change the world for other African Americans?

African American


Why do you study about harriet Tubman?

We should study about her because she was an African American and escaped slavery and other African Americans weent with her. We should study about her because she was an African American and escaped slavery and other African Americans weent with her.


What discrimination did African-American soldiers face?

African Americans couldn't socialize with other troops.


Did the African slaves take the place of the American Indian worker?

African slaves were brought to America to work on plantations and in other industries, and their enslavement was a result of labor demands and economic interests, not a direct replacement of American Indian workers. The exploitation of both African slaves and American Indians contributed to the growth of the American economy and the development of the nation.


What food do African-Americans like?

Since African-Americans are very diverse, they eat a diverse diet like other Americans. There is no "African-American" diet, just like there isn't a "white American diet."


Were African-Americans and Native Americans enemies or friends?

From my Native American and African American background, I can tell you that my relative native american and african american families worked along side each other on the plantation. No, they probably didn't enjoy being slaves on a plantation, but it is evidence given from my 100 year old grandmother. She made a book about our family history I never forgot and the native american/ african american mixing was the most recent (meaning 1800's) further mixing of my already west indian family line. So, they were friends and a little more.


What do African-Americans speak?

African-Americans in the United States primarily speak English. However, there are also some African-Americans who speak African languages, Creole languages, or other languages from their ancestral backgrounds.


What did African American slaves have to do?

African American slaves were mostly used as farm workers, particularly for growing cotton. However, the owner of a slave was free to use that slave for any purpose. Some slaves were used as servants, effectively butlers and housekeepers. There were various other uses.


Why do African Americans preserve their family heritage the most?

It has not been established that African-Americans dopreserve their family heritage more than other American groups.