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- Lost their labor force & part of their wealth
- Lost their slaves *thought their slaves were loyal
- Became more hostile towards freedman
- Force too perform household & farm duties
- Confederate dollars were worthless

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- Not directly affected financially by their liberation (who had NOT owned slaves)
- Had to compete with African American sharecroppers
- Felt superiority threatened (reacted angrily & resentment)
- Joined the ranks of the vigilante groups (terrorized African American)
- Called "scalawags" by other South Carolinians

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- Liberated & displaced in Reconstruction period
- Left plantations looking for relatives (sold "down the river)
- Knew their plantations best
- Many African Americans entered into agreements with Southern landowners (land-rich cash-poor)
- Share croppers would take out a loan in the form of a lien on the next year's crop to buy supplies

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Before: abused
During: nervous
After: free

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Before: living in different country
During: fought (north)
After: returned to north for work

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Before: rich
During: fought
After: poor

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Before: husband
During: lost husband
After: no husband

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Before: unionist
During: fought
After: ran to south

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Before: traitors
During: supported FB
After: traitors

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- Impact on women depended on their social class
- Wives of elite plantation owners & small farmers shared loss of social status & fear of economic competition from the freedmen
- Civil was : many white women took on non-traditional roles
- Former slaves "carpetbaggers" & "scalawags" pushed for some women's rights
- Elite white women had to negotiate household services

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- Both men & women came to the South Carolina as teachers, missionaries, or entrepreneurs
- Some came as Union soldiers & stayed
- Not accepted by most of white South Carolina  society
- Some found political opportunity & some found economic opport5unity

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Before: poor or rich
During: fought or grew crops
After: poor

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Before: helped
During: helped
After: helped

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Before: slaves or poor whites
During: fought
After: rich

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Before: no where to go
During: hungry
After: trying to find shelter

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Before: loved South
During: argued
After: angry