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Before the Civil War slavery was a common thing to see in the states. The majority of these slaves were treated horribly, and not given any awards for their hard and laborious work. On rare occasions though some slave owners were grateful towards their slaves and were not cruel to them. During this time many slaves were still being auctioned off and bought, but some were being stolen and taken to plantations illegally. For example George Fleming says, "Sometimes dey would buy'em and agin dey would steal'em, sort of like stealing a dog"(Fleming 4).  Even if the slaves had a good relationship with their master, they would still get beat if they didn't follow the rules or made a mistake working.  On the plantations the slaves stayed in tiny shacks or barns, and in these buildings the kids on the plantations got to play games before they learned how to do the work.  Many slaves were born on the plantations they worked on, and have known their masters their whole life. The conditions in which they lived in depended solely on where they lived, and who their master was.

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Betty Chessier Foreman was an ex-slave who was a daughter of a white and black affair. Because of this, she was allowed to sleep inside of the house and do easy housework with little trouble unlike other slaves.

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The 14th Constitutional Amendment was passed to give African Americans full citizenship, giving them the right to vote. The picture below shows a newspaper article with the first black man to ever vote.

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Jerry Moore was an ex- slave who gave us a lot of insight about the relationship forming between whites and blacks during the Reconstruction Period.

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The Reconstruction period was a time where the Northern states developed a plan to change the Southern culture to create the Union once again. In doing so, the issue of African American's treatment needed to change drastically. After the Civil War, many blacks were rejoiced with their family. The 14th and 15th Constitutional amendments were passed to give blacks rights and citizenship, including the right to vote and being equal to whites.  According to Jerry Moore, "As long as the Negroes treat the white folks right, the white folks will treat them right" (Moore 12).   This quote is important because it shows the development of good relations between the two races. Blacks were free to pursue whatever careers they pleased and many became entrepreneurs after being freed.  Although these rights were given to them, a terrorist-like group, the Ku Klux Klan, used violence (lynching) to keep blacks as second class citizens. In order to protect them, the North set up headquarters for the protection of blacks which kept the KKK away.

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During the Civil War was when the worst treatment of slaves was going on.  When they would be bought at slave trades, many families would be separated.  On the plantations, many African American women were being subjects of sexual assault by the white masters.  This created a lot of half brothers and sisters among the plantation.  Although not many, some slaves attempted to escape by running North.  The act of doing so shows much bravery because if they were caught, violent torture or death was the consequence.   There was an exception to working on the fields and such though.  Some blacks were given the opportunity to stay in the Master's home.  This usually tended to be sons and daughters of black and white affairs.  For the most part, there was no pay for the work done.  But on very rare, special occasions, slaves may have received a small amount.  In the Northern states, African Americans were able to actually fight in the war to help the Union end slavery. Slaves were kept illiterate so they wouldn't be able to really think for themselves. According to Betty Chessier Foreman, " Now, chile I never got no learnin', dey kep' us fum dat, but you know some of them darkies learnt anyhow " (Foreman 10).In a couple of the Southern states it was illegal to teach them to read or write.  Those who did know taught themselves or were taught in secret.

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4.  Do you believe that if the Union would have continued pushing for Reconstruction equality would have happened sooner?

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4.  Do you believe that if the Union would have continued pushing for Reconstruction equality would have happened sooner?

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3. If you had the chance to help runaway slaves escape, would you? Why or why not?

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3. If you had the chance to help runaway slaves escape, would you? Why or why not?

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2. If you were a slave would you have risked running away? Why or why not?

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2. If you were a slave would you have risked running away? Why or why not?

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1. How do you think slaves felt about the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free them until the Union army came through?

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1. How do you think slaves felt about the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free them until the Union army came through?

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The African Americans in the Northern states were given the opportunity to fight for the Union to stop slavery in the war.

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A huge majority of slaves were there to pick cotton for wealthy plantation owners in the South.

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George Fleming was a slave who was born in the plantation he worked on and showed us how not all masters were cruel to the slaves they owned