Life for free blacks in the South was generally more restricted due to harsher racism, limited economic opportunities, and stricter laws governing their behavior. In contrast, free blacks in the North had more access to education, employment, and social services, although they still faced discrimination and prejudice. Overall, both regions presented challenges for free blacks, but the South tended to have more severe conditions.
Free blacks in the North generally had more access to education, social mobility, and employment opportunities compared to those in the South. They also faced discrimination and racism, though to a lesser extent than in the South. Similarities include facing legal restrictions, such as Black Codes, and social prejudice regardless of their location.
Free blacks in both the north and south faced discrimination, limited job opportunities, social segregation, and restrictions on their civil rights. They were also at risk of being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the south, and faced the constant threat of being captured under the Fugitive Slave Laws in the north.
Free blacks in urban areas in the north faced discrimination in the form of limited job opportunities, segregated housing, and restrictions on their civil rights. They were often denied access to certain public spaces and faced violence and prejudice from white residents.
Free blacks often lived in cities for better economic opportunities, social networks, and protection from discrimination and violence compared to rural areas. Cities offered access to jobs, education, and cultural institutions that were not available in rural areas. Additionally, cities provided a sense of community and solidarity among free blacks facing similar challenges.
There is a bit of misunderstanding here concerning slavery. There were no "city slaves" and any African American in the south was a slave. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. On the plantation there were different jobs that determined the type of slave they were.
Better then in the south
There were no free African Americans in the south. In the north they were free but still discrimination kept them from expressing themselves and having rights.
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.
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Free blacks in the North generally had more access to education, social mobility, and employment opportunities compared to those in the South. They also faced discrimination and racism, though to a lesser extent than in the South. Similarities include facing legal restrictions, such as Black Codes, and social prejudice regardless of their location.
in the 1860's there was 1253 blacks in the south
It would have been better to be a free black in the north because of the fact that those blacks who were free in the south were trated much harsher due to the hatred by the whites
Free Blacks
Free blacks in both the north and south faced discrimination, limited job opportunities, social segregation, and restrictions on their civil rights. They were also at risk of being kidnapped and sold into slavery in the south, and faced the constant threat of being captured under the Fugitive Slave Laws in the north.
well im not pretty sure how much in the 1861 but in 1860 there was 221,000 free blacks were in the north. hope that help :)
Freed slaves lived in both the north and the south. Being a slave was a legal status, and by the same token, being free was also a legal status. Therefore, once a slave became free, he was free to live and work in the south. Many free blacks owned plantations and bought and sold slaves.
own property