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What was the most common crop that African American slaves harvested?

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After the war, Slavery was suppose to be no more although there was still slavery in the south. African Americans could join the army, work in factories, there was even an African American Senator in Missouri. Although there was still hate and racism which led to African Americans to not get hired, They were still given more opportunities than before. This allowed for the African Americans to get more jobs then ever before.

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During the Civil War, Some slaves were being freed. Some were freed by Union Army while others ran for there freedom. Some people in the north allowed African Americans to work in factories. Many African Americans were able to enlist for regiment in the Union Army or be paid to go into Army for some one else. Although most African Americans were still slaves in the south and nothing changing much between before the Civil War and during the Civil War the country was moving towards more jobs.

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Wilson, L. W. "John Harrison, Oklahoma." John Harrison, Oklahoma. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2017.

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Before the Civil War African Americans had no rights. They were not seen as anything more then property.  They were sent out to the cotton fields to pick the cotton and separate it all by hand. Some of the African American woman were allowed to serve inside the plantation owners home as servers or maids. Before the Civil War slaves were treated as property and nothing more.

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Taylor, Samuel S. "Matilda Hatchett, Arkansas." Matilda Hatchett, Arkansas. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2017.

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What type of jobs did African Americans have after the Civil War?

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Why did some African Americans get turned down for jobs after the Civil War?

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What did the cotton gin do for African Americans?

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Hicks, Mary A. "Betty Cofer, North Carolina." Betty Cofer, North Carolina. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.

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Many African Americans after the Civil War became tenant farmers. tenant farmers are people that work a small amount of land and owe the owner part of the harvest every year.

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During the war, many free African Americans enlisted in the Union Army. Others were hired by men who did not want to go fight.

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Many African Americans were turned down from work because equality was still nonexistent.

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During and before the war, Slaves were sent out to the fields to harvest crops or pick cotton.

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Cotton gin was a common job for African American before the Civil war.

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Quote                                                                                                 "Yes'm, when we was freed Pappy come to get Muh and me. We stayed around here. Where could we go? These was our folks and I couldn't go far away from Miss Ella. We moved out near Rural Hall (some five miles from Bethania) an' Pappy farmed, but I worked at the home place a lot. When I was about twenty-four Marse H. J. Reynolds come from Virginia an' set up a tobacco factory. He fetched some hands with 'im. One was a likely young feller, named Cofer, from Patrick County, Virginia. I liked 'im an' we got married an' moved back here to my folks. (The Jones Family). We started to buy our little place an' raise a family. I done had four chillen but two's dead. I got grandchillen and great-grandchillen close by. This is home to us. When we talk about the old home place (the Jones residence, now some hundred years old) we just say 'the house' 'cause there's only one house to us. The rest of the family was all fine folks and good to me but I loved Miss Ella bettern any one or anythin'. I just asked her an she give it to me or got it for me somehow. Once when Cofer was in his last sickness his sister come from East Liverpool, Ohio, to see 'im. I went to Miss Ella to borrow a little money. She didn't have no change but she just took a ten dollar bill from her purse an' says 'Here you are, Betty, use what you need and bring me what's left'  (Betty Cofer).

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Quote                                                                                                 "Yes'm, when we was freed Pappy come to get Muh and me. We stayed around here. Where could we go? These was our folks and I couldn't go far away from Miss Ella. We moved out near Rural Hall (some five miles from Bethania) an' Pappy farmed, but I worked at the home place a lot. When I was about twenty-four Marse H. J. Reynolds come from Virginia an' set up a tobacco factory. He fetched some hands with 'im. One was a likely young feller, named Cofer, from Patrick County, Virginia. I liked 'im an' we got married an' moved back here to my folks. (The Jones Family). We started to buy our little place an' raise a family. I done had four chillen but two's dead. I got grandchillen and great-grandchillen close by. This is home to us. When we talk about the old home place (the Jones residence, now some hundred years old) we just say 'the house' 'cause there's only one house to us. The rest of the family was all fine folks and good to me but I loved Miss Ella bettern any one or anythin'. I just asked her an she give it to me or got it for me somehow. Once when Cofer was in his last sickness his sister come from East Liverpool, Ohio, to see 'im. I went to Miss Ella to borrow a little money. She didn't have no change but she just took a ten dollar bill from her purse an' says 'Here you are, Betty, use what you need and bring me what's left'  (Betty Cofer).

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After the war many African Americans had no were to go. They were left with nothing. They had to build their own homes and find there own way to survive. Some African Americans had to stay in a type of slavery known as tenant farming. Other former slaves had to become independent farmers and the grew food just for there family to survive. Although African Americans were suppose to be equal they were far from it in the eyes of the the white man who hire people.

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"After the railroads started operation, cattle were shipped to points in Oklahoma and placed on the open range. Were fattened, reloaded into freight cars, and then to the market. These Texas cattle were of all kinds and description and were of all colors. Some were the old long horn type and some were Mexican type. In the early eighties ranches sprang up all over the Territory. They were no fences and the cattle grazed at will and naturally would mix and mingle into cattle on various ranches. I mean by that, that these ranches would over lap each other."(John Harrison)

A ranch hand was a common

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'They ran a cotton gin and my father managed it. That was his job all the time before the War'.   (Mathilda Hatchett)

Before the War, they had slaves who would run the field while the owners managed it. Slaves were put in charge of other slaves, so the owner would not have to be around all the time.