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http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/topic2.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/vfssp.html

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How did the south resupress blacks after the union left the south?

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How did the south resupress blacks after the union left the south?

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Other than recieving their freedom, how else were African Americans rewarded for their service in the Civil War?

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Other than recieving their freedom, how else were African Americans rewarded for their service in the Civil War?

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After the war there were minor increases in the living conditions of former slaves. For sometime under union army protection they were allowed to vote and hold office, yet once these gaurdian forces left the south all progress was destroyed. Blacks were forced into lifes of sharecropping, an essential form of legal slavery, and all civil rights were once again taken. The Klan also formed to further repress and terrorise the blacks as well. "...the men who were incensed at this ex-slave remarked that the "Ku-Klux" would call on him that night" (American Slaves Narrative).

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After the war there were minor increases in the living conditions of former slaves. For sometime under union army protection they were allowed to vote and hold office, yet once these gaurdian forces left the south all progress was destroyed. Blacks were forced into lifes of sharecropping, an essential form of legal slavery, and all civil rights were once again taken. The Klan also formed to further repress and terrorise the blacks as well. "...the men who were incensed at this ex-slave remarked that the "Ku-Klux" would call on him that night" (American Slaves Narrative).

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How many slaves did the average slave owner typically have?

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How many slaves did the average slave owner typically have?

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How many southerners at the time were actually slave owners?

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How many southerners at the time were actually slave owners?

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During the war some Africans ran to freedom in the North, others fought with the union, and some were treated even harsher by their owners. As stated here "I was a sinner an' luv to dance. I remembuh I was on the floor one nite dancing an I had fo' daughters on the floor wid me an' mah son was playing de music" (American Slaves Narritives). This shows some made it to hapiness at this time. Because of their service to the North they gained some respect, but in the south resentment was only deeper entrenched.

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Conditions for African Americans varied depending on who owned them at this time. Although generally it was a rough, and cruel existence. People were repressed to the extent they believed they were lesser than whites. As a quote from the library of congress says "You wasn't treated as good as they treat dogs now".

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Conditions for African Americans varied depending on who owned them at this time. Although generally it was a rough, and cruel existence. People were repressed to the extent they believed they were lesser than whites. As a quote from the library of congress says "You wasn't treated as good as they treat dogs now".