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Not very. Slavery was originally legal in all the colonies, north and south. When the Civil War ended, there were still slaves in New Jersey, albeit only a small number. See related link below for some excellent information on your question.
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What did free African Americans and whites who opposed slavery set up to help runaway escape?
Underground railroad, transportation across the border to the North, directions.
Why do African Americans blame the Europeans for slavery but not Arabs?
Arabs did enslave africans long before the europeans, however the europeans did bring chattell slavery to north America, where it evolved and became the peculiar institution that later begat Jim crow....
On which side of the civil war did African Americans serve?
most were on the north side because they didnt want slavery
Which section north or south had enslaved African Americans?
The southern half of the country kept the African-Americans as slaves. The northern states never engaged in that kind of behavior.
What were African Americans called when they migrated to the Great Plains?
When African Americans moved from south to north the great migration.
Why did african-americans migrate North?
Slavery
What two attitudes toward free african americans remained in the north even after slavery had disappeared?
Free African Americans in the North were treated as inferior even after slavery. They had few rights and considered 3/5 human.
What two attitudes toward free African-Americans remained in the north even after slavery had Disappeared?
Free African Americans in the North were treated as inferior even after slavery. They had few rights and considered 3/5 human.
What was the north's point of view on slavery by the 1850?
The North did not want slavery they thought it was wrong to treat African Americans different from others.
What does the discrimination faced by the African Americans tell you about the north?
That most Northerners were not fervently anti-slavery.
What are the rights that free African Americans lost in the North and West during the 1820s and 1830s?
which was among the rights that free african americans lost in the north and west during the 1820s and 1830s
Why would African Americans fight for the north?
Because in the second half, it was officially a crusade against slavery.
What two attitudes toward free African Americans remained in the north after slavery disappeared?
prejedice and discrimination
What was the civil war to most African Americans?
To most African Americans the Civil War was a way to become free from slavery. After the Civil War blacks would no longer have to be in slavery, and this is why many African Americans signed up to fight for the Union army. They found this war as an opportunity to have rights, and become a citizen. African Americans fought to show that they did have loyalty to the North.
How many African Americans were slaves?
A Lot of them. Now slavery is illegal and now there are no more slaves in north America
the migration of african americans to the north during the following world war 1 was mainly a result of the?
The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the availability of new factory jobs
How was Uncle Tom's Cabin classified as propaganda?
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was classified as propaganda because it aimed to sway public opinion and provoke a specific reaction, in this case against slavery. By highlighting the cruelty and inhumanity of slavery, the novel sought to advance the abolitionist cause and change societal attitudes towards the institution of slavery.
