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Many plantation owners did not live on the plantations and depended on a range of mangers

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During work and outside of it slaves suffered physical abuse 

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During work and outside of it slaves suffered physical abuse 

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Plantation owners lost their labor force and a very large part of their wealth

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Many entered into sharecropping relationships with freedmen and reestablished their former position's master through a new means 

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Many entered into sharecropping relationships with freedmen and reestablished their former position's master through a new means 

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Small Farmers who had not owned slaves were not directly  affected financially by their liberation.

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Small Farmers who had not owned slaves were not directly  affected financially by their liberation.

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Now they had to compete with African American sharecroppers when they marketed their crops.

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Now they had to compete with African American sharecroppers when they marketed their crops.

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Many who had felt a sense of social superiority to slaves now felt that superiority threatened 

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Many who had felt a sense of social superiority to slaves now felt that superiority threatened 

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They reacted with anger and resentment and joined the ranks of the vigilante groups that terrorized African Amercians

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They reacted with anger and resentment and joined the ranks of the vigilante groups that terrorized African Amercians

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Some small farmers from non-slave-holding districts cooperated with the Republication because they would benefit from the educational and economic opportunities they offered   

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Some small farmers from non-slave-holding districts cooperated with the Republication because they would benefit from the educational and economic opportunities they offered   

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Were both liberated and displaced in the Reconstruction period.

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Were both liberated and displaced in the Reconstruction period.

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At the end of the war, many freedmen left the plantation looking for relatives sold "down the river" 

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At the end of the war, many freedmen left the plantation looking for relatives sold "down the river" 

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With the assistance of the Freedman's Bureau and their own determination, they worked to consolidate their families and communities and establish a network of churches. 

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With the assistance of the Freedman's Bureau and their own determination, they worked to consolidate their families and communities and establish a network of churches. 

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This crop lien system placed the sharecropper in a cycle of debt and dependence on the landowners and lien holders.

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This crop lien system placed the sharecropper in a cycle of debt and dependence on the landowners and lien holders.

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Although African American suffered from white violence and intimidation throughout the Reconstruction period, they continued to claim equal citizenship and carve out as much independence as possible in their lives 

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Although African American suffered from white violence and intimidation throughout the Reconstruction period, they continued to claim equal citizenship and carve out as much independence as possible in their lives 

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The impact one women of the Reconstruction period depended on their social class 

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The impact one women of the Reconstruction period depended on their social class 

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Both the wives of elite plantation owners and small farmers shared their husbands loss of social status and fear of economic competition from the freedmen 

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Both the wives of elite plantation owners and small farmers shared their husbands loss of social status and fear of economic competition from the freedmen 

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Elite women had to negotiate household services form former slave women or perform household tasks themselves 

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Elite women had to negotiate household services form former slave women or perform household tasks themselves 

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In addition the large number of men killed and others physically and mentally impaired during the Civil War meant that many white women took on non-traditional roles. 

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In addition the large number of men killed and others physically and mentally impaired during the Civil War meant that many white women took on non-traditional roles. 

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Former slaves "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" pushed for some women's rights. 

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Former slaves "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" pushed for some women's rights. 

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both men and women came to South Carolina as teachers commissionaires 

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both men and women came to South Carolina as teachers commissionaires 

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Reviled as "carpetbaggers" they were not accepted by most of white South Carolina society.

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Reviled as "carpetbaggers" they were not accepted by most of white South Carolina society.

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Some found political opportunity in the Reconstruction governments 

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Some found political opportunity in the Reconstruction governments 