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the underground railroad
Eleanore Heidenreich
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∙ 6y agoIn the 1940's there was no slavery so they didn't have to escape. They just moved if they wanted to live in another place.
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∙ 11y agoSome escaped and made their way to the North by sheer luck. Many used the Underground Railroad.
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∙ 13y agoBOYS
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How many free blacks lived in the antebellum south during the 1850s?
in the 1860's there was 1253 blacks in the south
What is the explanation to why the Confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
Your "facts" are in error.Between 65,000 and 100,000 blacks served in the Confederate Army. Let me restate that: as many as 100,000 blacks served in the Army of the South. These men were cooks, musicians, and soldiers.Of the 179,000 blacks who served in all aspects of the Union Army and 19,000 who served in the Navy, 40,000 died in service.Where the majority of Northern blacks volunteered, many of the Southern blacks were pressed into service, although quite a few volunteered to serve in the Confederate cause.
Why did many blacks leave the south during world war 2?
mant blacks left the south and moved to the north because their were more jobs in the northern cities
Why were there few free blacks living in the South prior to the Civil War?
There were a great many free blacks living in the south prior to the Civil War. Most free blacks in American lived in the south. In the 1860 census there were 30 million people in the US. Nine million were in the south, including three million slaves, and another half million free blacks. John Hope Franklin, the eminent black historian, has made the free black population of the south a subject of his excellent writing.
Why had northern support for reconstruction faded by the end of the 1860s?
There were several reasons that Northern support had faded:The cost of military operations in the south worried many peopleThe south didn't want to change and were passing laws in direct repudiation of federal mandatesThe KKK terrorists were widely accepted in some southern state governmentsViolence against blacks and dismissal of law was widespread... reconstruction didn't seem to be working
How many free blacks lived in the antebellum south during the 1850s?
in the 1860's there was 1253 blacks in the south
What agricultural system trapped many southern blacks?
Sharecropping
Why in 1877 did Southern African Americans lose many of the freedoms they had gained from the Civil War?
Southern Troops withdrew from the south and southern whites who never accepted Negros as their equal quickly restored their control. Groups such as the KKK were formed terrorizing blacks.
What is the population of blacks in South Carolina?
Too many.
Why blacks were allowed to fight in the north and not the south during the US Civil War?
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
Who was famous for helping slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman helped many blacks escape
Black experience in the south of the US?
There was a lot of segregation in the South and many blacks were treated unfairly.
Two rights denied many southern males after the civil war?
Two rights denied many southern males was the right to equality and the right to vote. The white supremacist in the south quickly began to pass laws to prevent blacks from voting and keeping separate from the white majority.
Why did many blacks leave the south during world war 2?
mant blacks left the south and moved to the north because their were more jobs in the northern cities
What is the explanation to why the Confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
Your "facts" are in error.Between 65,000 and 100,000 blacks served in the Confederate Army. Let me restate that: as many as 100,000 blacks served in the Army of the South. These men were cooks, musicians, and soldiers.Of the 179,000 blacks who served in all aspects of the Union Army and 19,000 who served in the Navy, 40,000 died in service.Where the majority of Northern blacks volunteered, many of the Southern blacks were pressed into service, although quite a few volunteered to serve in the Confederate cause.
In the great migration After world war 1 How many blacks left the south to find work in the north?
1.3 million African-Americans out of the Southern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1930.
What agricultural system trapped many southern blacks in a cycle of debt and poverty despite their hard work?
sharecropping
