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Helped Slaves

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Helped Slaves

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Helped with the Freedmen Bureau

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Known as Carpetbaggers

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Known as Scalawags

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Loved South

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Argued back and forth

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Angry

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Slaves or poor whites

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Fought in war

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No money and no slaves

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Slaves or poor whites

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Fought in war

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Poor, dead, or injured

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Lost their labor of force & a most of their wealth

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Thought that their slaves would stay loyal

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Astonished when former slaves left the plantation

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Had to perform normal activities themselves since they didn't have slaves to do it for them

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Many entered sharecropping relationships with freedmen and reestablished themselves as master

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Ones who didn't own slaves weren't directly affected financially

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Had to compete with African American sharecroppers

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Felt that their social status and superiority was threatened by Freedmen

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Reacted with anger and joined other ranks of vigilant groups & terrorized African Americans

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Both liberated and displaced

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Many ended up back at their old plantations

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Common misconception that they immediately left the South to be free

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The Crop Lien System put many Freedmen in debt

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Continued to claim equal citizenship & carve out as much independence as possible

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Impact depended on social class

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Both elite plantation owner and small farmer wives shared husbands loss of social status & fear of economic competition from freedmen

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Elite white women had to negotiate household services from former slave women or perform the tasks themselves

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Women took on many uncommon roles from men being injured and killed

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In 1868 women received some rights including owning property in their own name after marriag

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Both men and women came to the South as teachers, missionaries, or entrepreneurs

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Some were union soldiers and stayed

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Weren't accepted by most of the white South society

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Some found political opportunities or economic opportunities