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They financially affected however now they had to compete with sharecroppers.

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If they were wives of small farmers and plantation owners then they would share the same fear about the sharecroppers.

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Many freedmen left the plantations looking for family, others stayed at the plantation because its the only place they knew .

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Wasent accepted by the southerns and were called carpetbags because thats what they carried their belongings in

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former slave owners now have to do everything the slaves did.

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they were land rich and money poor so they made a deal with freedman with sharecropping .

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They had to do all the house work ,and sometimes the yard work with the husband, the slaves did if they dident already do it .

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If their husband died in the war everything fell on the wife to do ,even dept the husband could have.

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when they were made free some wanted to do work still so they became sharecroppers along with poor white people.

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Some small farmers ,along with plantation owners , took to violence towards sharecroppers ,hoping to scare them off or eliminate them.

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Multiple joined rallies to gain their rights to vote and others things.

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Most were teachers, missionaries, or entrepreneurs. Some even came as union soldiers and stayed

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Some join the Freemans breau to help help other people with supplies

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They were promised abbanded land but that was taken away and given back to the owners that claimed them

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The freemans breau help make schools for the freed people but they were anxious about going to them.

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Along with small farmers some engaged in violence towards sharecroppers

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Some joined rallies for women's rights

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They founded political opportunity in the reconstruction

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southerners thought they were here to encourage African Americans to vote for the Republican party

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Had to help the wives with normal house duties along with normal house work if they had slaves.

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Some hired sharecroppers to help if they had land

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Some joined the freemans breau to help with freed men and other people that needed supplies .

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All they had was confederate money which was worthless so they had no money

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If they were poor before the war  nothing really changed for them