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What threats did the fugitive slave act pose to blacks in the north?
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave owners to reclaim their escaped slaves in the North, often leading to false captures and kidnappings of free blacks. This posed a threat to the safety and freedom of blacks living in the North, as they were at risk of being wrongfully captured and returned to slavery.
What did both David Walker and Henry H Garnet want slaves to do?
They wanted slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom.
Who was providing slaves with an opportunity to buy their freedom?
Former slave owners or others who were involved in the slave trade would often provide slaves with an opportunity to buy their freedom through the practice of manumission. Slaveholders might allow slaves to purchase their freedom in exchange for money or labor, granting them legal freedom from bondage.
How could slaves earn freedom?
Slaves could earn their freedom through various means such as purchasing it with savings, being granted manumission by their owner, performing exceptional service, or being part of a legal agreement or contract for their freedom. Some slaves were able to gain freedom through escape and seeking refuge in free territories or by fighting for their freedom in rebellions or wars.
What word meant granting freedom to the slaves?
Emancipation.
Who was famous for helping slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman helped many blacks escape
When we're blacks slaves?
No, we are not blacks slaves, and I don't know when we will be.
Did blacks fight for the south during the civil war?
Yes they were promised to get there freedom, so the slaves fought for the south.
Why did some slaves take sides during the war?
The slaves went to the Union because they wanted to fight for their freedom, and the blacks that fought for the Confederacy were mostly forced to.
Did blacks and whites serve together in the first army?
If referring to the revolutionary army, the answer is yes. Both freemen and slaves served. Slaves were offered the opportunity to earn their freedom if they served for one year. Many free black men sided with the rebels against England.
How did the civil war affect blacks?
the civil war affected blacks in many ways. but mainly because the emancipation proclamation gave freedom to black slaves. the slaves were very excited by finally being free after so many years.
Education reform did not help?
free black slaves
Is Freedmen's Bureau related to slaves?
The Freedman's Bureau was created to aid former slaves in their new freedom. The Bureau attempted to offer education opportunities as one method to integrate former slaves and even Blacks who were not slaves in US society.
How does slavery and KKK go together?
Yes, the KKK wanted blacks to remain slaves. Violent upheavals occurred when blacks began to fight for their civil rights.
How did the Revolutionary War affect slaves?
20 percent of Americans at the time of the Revolutionary War were black, and most of them were slaves. Slaves fought in the Revolutionary War with the intention of fighting for freedom. There was not much of a change for the slaves after the war because the South refused to cooperate. Slaves received freedom but the laws were not changed so the blacks were still not completely free.
What race were used as slaves?
Blacks Black BLacks
What were some of the arguments of Southerners in defense of slavery?
1) If the slaves were freed, there would be no one to look after their welfare. 2) The slaves on the plantation had a happier life than the poorly paid factory laborers in the North 3) Freedom for the slaves would be a danger to white society, especially after the Turner Insurrection 4) Slavery was the only way Blacks and Whites could live together in America
