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I think that some of them were able to get a good job and support, but those were the lucky ones.

-Izzzy

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Fantastic. No. Not even after the entire Civil War were the African Americans free. Because of the Civil War, they were free. And being free meant not being enslaved. But that also meant they were unemployed and they also had to pay back the ex-slave owners. Since African Americans were in debt sharecropping was invented. And very few people benefited from that. Very sad. Also I’m still sad I had 0 beans left in the farming simulation.

Pancakes are better than waffles.

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They were definitely free legally but they weren’t treated like neighborhood buddies so they were technically and physically free but just not treated like they should have been treated

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I think that they were not, because many people couldn’t read or didn’t have a good education, meaning that they could not get a better job to support their family or themselves. Also many would get loans and so the would sharecrop to pay off those loans, which is not one of the best ways to pay off your debt and is a large way to get into even more debt.

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They were technically free but they weren’t treated like they were free. Sure they had rights and laws protecting them but white people found ways to get around those laws. So technically they were free to a certain point.

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depending on were you were you were free to a certain point if you were in the north many your would have more rights. In the south not so much.

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YE’snt. They were mistreated. But, with the 14th amendment, they had improved rights, but not freedom. 

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YE’snt. They were mistreated. But, with the 14th amendment, they had improved rights, but not freedom. 

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They were free but not free. People said they were free but they had less rights. They also were treated lesser by some white people.

-Allyson The Cat Tree

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Not quite. Even though there were rights and laws “freeing” African Americans, they were segregated against by racist whites, probably once slave owners.

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African-Americans were not free. They were legally “free” but they were also LEGALLY separate. Even though they had some access to resources they did not have when they were enslaved,  there were still many instances in which they were not free (like the Black Codes). Also, many landowners found loopholes such as share cropping. Though African-Americans did work hard to find their own rights and constantly were fighting back against people oppressing them.

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I think it depends on where you where. In Ohio they were, but in many places in the South they weren’t.

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Because some people were lucky and free but some weren’t and stayed in share cropping

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They were free but they were mistreated with black codes in the south.

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No I do not believe that black people were free even tho white people had said they were I feel as white people said they were to boost they’re confidents when in reality they weren’t fully free and I say that because white people had still more rights

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No I do not believe that black people were free even tho white people had said they were I feel as white people said they were to boost they’re confidents when in reality they weren’t fully free and I say that because white people had still more rights

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African Americans were not very free. Even though they had rights, education, money, and jobs now there are still a lot of things blocking them from rights. There were people that were denying rights. Black Codes blocked a lot of rights, they stopped African Americans from going places, living places, and doing certain things. So even though they had rights they weren’t always able to use them.

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They were physically free but they didn't have the same liberties as the whites. But they’re time spent enslaved made them value education and freedom more than the whites. They were also restricted by laws and some southerners (kkk) did not want them to be free

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No segregation was a prominent thing at the time and the pay and job was bad and unfair

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no, although the 13th gave black Americans gave freedom but they really didnt, They were bluffing.

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I think that they are not because they still dont have the same rights as the white people

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No I don’t think they were, despite having rights and laws in place to protect them, peoples attitude towards them didn’t really change. They still faced discrimination and racism. So technically they were free, but they weren’t always treated like they were.

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Yes. They were free. They were hated, and mistrusted, but free. In the end men could vote. They didn’t have a chance, but according to law they were free. Technically.

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No, I think that they really weren’t free. Yes, they were not slaves anymore but they didn't really have the privileges that White Americans had. And I think they were just called free. Like Black Codes, they couldn’t have a fire arm with them, couldn’t rent or keep a house, or no public meetings. It was basically you can’t do this, and you can’t do that. This was not fair at all. They were supposed to have freedom, do what they wanted to do in life that some couldn’t do some time ago. But they couldn’t because of rude rules. They should’ve been treated equally. All of this is not what the word free means.

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No, I don’t think they were free. The black codes tried to restrict African Americans from, well, basically everything. They were still considered “free”, but were they really? They had no where as close to the amount of right that white people had. They had to take quizzes to “test” the knowledge that they knew they didn’t have. No one had taught them to read. No one taught them to write, or spell, or any of that stuff. So, no. I don’t think that they were actually free.