They weren't. It was still illegal to teach an African American to read and write. This is one reason the Jim Crow voting laws worked so well because it required people to read as passage of the constitution as a requirement for registration for voting.
African American slaves enjoyed a period when they were allowed to vote. :-)
they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming
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President Andrew Jackson restricted African American rights during reconstruction. Blacks were excluded from southern politics. Radical Reconstruction occurred from 1867 to 1877
they grew quickly during reconstruction
They included African traditions in their services.
African American slaves enjoyed a period when they were allowed to vote. :-)
some prominent African American leaders during reconstruction is; Hiram Revels , Jefferson Davis , Unlike Revels , Blanche K. Bruce
African-American men participated in official Georgia politics for the first time
African-American men participated in official Georgia politics for the first time.
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Andrew Johnson
The Reconstruction Era occurs right after the Civil War, which along with freedom already provides changes to African Americans. Because of this, African Americans were no longer slaves and could perform in practices of business, such as sharecropping. Basically, it opened a range of new opportunities to African Americans.
There was lots of problems the main problems was the mistreatment of the African American population during this period.