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How did slaves and many free people fight the system of slavery?

The slaves and free people fought the system of slavery in riots, protests, boycotts, and acts of violence. They also fought against the south and slave owners until slaves were freed.


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.


Did free slaves live in the north or south?

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.


How many blacks fought for the south in the civil war?

The answer to this question is highly debated, but there were some, probably not many.


How was life different for plantation slaves city slaves and free blacks in the south?

Plantation slaves in the South were generally agricultural workers, and few owners had more than two dozen slaves. On a typical plantation, some slaves would be involved in domestic chores. This often gave them better quarters and better treatment, but exposed them to close scrutiny and often abuse. Overseers would enforce work and discipline by cruel and violent means. City slaves, either domestics or tradesmen, participated in the economies of the urban areas, and represented up to a fifth of the population in some large Antebellum cities. They were generally better treated and housed, and many were given training as artisans or tradesmen. Free blacks, while nominally citizens of their respective localities, were commonly treated with disrespect and scorn under the Black Codes of the slave South. Some free blacks also owned slaves themselves, and were in any case too few to impact the treatment of fellow blacks under the system of human bondage. Anyone, black or white, who helped slaves avoid recapture or punishment faced severe criminal penalties or death. Freed blacks, who included many mixed-race children of plantation owners, were as a group better educated than any slaves.

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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.


How did slaves and many free people fight the system of slavery?

The slaves and free people fought the system of slavery in riots, protests, boycotts, and acts of violence. They also fought against the south and slave owners until slaves were freed.


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.


How many free blacks fought in the American revolution?

more than 5,000 Paul Heinegg & Ira Berlin place the count nearly 9,000 free, indentured and enslaved blacks who fought on the American side and 10's of thousands of indentured and enslaved white and blacks who ran away from their masters to gain freedom under the British.


How many blacks alive today have grandparents who were slaves?

the resurch documents that many blacks alive today have grandparents today who were slaves authoe no percentage it did say many


Did free slaves live in the north or south?

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.


How many blacks fought on the American side?

3.6 million


How did slavery change as a result of the American Revolution?

In the aftermath of the American Revolution, Northern states started moving toward emancipation, and many Southern states restricted the importation of slaves. The American Revolution was fought from 1765 to 1783.


How many slaves fought on the unions side?

By the end of the war, nearly 180,000 former slaves had enlisted in the army and fought against the Confederacy.


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 did the many African Americans in the north take up arms to fight the British?

They were told that if they fought they would become free. This was enticing to many who were tired of being slaves.


Why did the African Americans in the north take up arms to fight the British?

They were told that if they fought they would become free. This was enticing to many who were tired of being slaves.