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Q.4. What were the slaves role during the civil war

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Q.4. What were the slaves role during the civil war

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Q.3.Were all slaves treated the same by their masters?

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Q.3.Were all slaves treated the same by their masters?

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Q.2. Were families reunited after the war?

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Q.2. Were families reunited after the war?

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Q.1. Were slaves living conditions better or worse after slavery ended?

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Q.1. Were slaves living conditions better or worse after slavery ended?

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A man fixin his well.
Former slaves building homes

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1.  James Johnson Ex- Slave Narritive.
Lab, Digital Scholarship. "The History Engine." History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research | Episodes. New York University Press, Feb.-Mar. 1877. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.

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Some former slaves who did not have terrible owners would continue to work for them for pay.
A lot of slave families were reunited and were able to find jobs.

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Former slaves recently emancipated mostly fell into poverty and many died of starvation. Unable to find employment some would beg for food or money.
After being freed Most slaves could not find their families wich were separated during slavery.
After the war slavery still continued in some places where the slave owners would keep their slaves and make them work for their freedom.

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During the Civil War the African American slaves and former slaves were legally enlisted for the Union Army.
While the Civil War was going on, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which played a great deal in freeing slaves. It freed all of the slaves that were in Rebellion.
Citations :  Escott, Paul D. "African Americans In The Civil War." HistoryNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
"Slavery In America." HistoryNet. History Net, 2007. Web. 03 Feb. 2017.

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"Fountain Hughes Charlottesville, V." Interview by Hermond Norwood. Http://xroads.virginia.edu/. N.p., n.d. Web.

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He was a
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Before the war most slaves were treated like animals and tools to be used. Typically only cared for enough to keep them alive. According to former slave Fountain Hughes,"Colored people didn' have no beds when they was slaves. We always slep' on the floor, pallet here, and a pallet there. Jus' like, uh, lot of, uh, wild people, we didn', we didn' know nothing."

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"felt and Knew dat de years after de war was worser  than befo."  (James Johnson, slave narrative.)

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This Padlet is to display the living conditions and the daily struggles that slaves had before, during, and after the Civil War.