Reconstruction Groups by Katera Lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2019-02-08 13:37:07 UTC 2019-02-08 14:36:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329183387 2019-02-08 13:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329183387 *Plantation owners lost their labor force and a very large part of their wealth katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329184061 2019-02-08 13:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329184061 *Many felt astonished that their former slaves,who they thought were loyal to them. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329185531 2019-02-08 13:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329185531 katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329188138 *After the slaves left they had to do all the household and farm duties.]]> 2019-02-08 13:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329188138 *The only thing they really had was land katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329189878 2019-02-08 13:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329189878 Sharecroppers tilled the land that belonged to their former position as master in exchange of share of the crop. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329193010 2019-02-08 14:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329193010 katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329195740 2019-02-08 14:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329195740 Small farmers who had not owned slaves were not affected financially affected by their liberation katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329196762 2019-02-08 14:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329196762 They had to compete with Af African American sharecroppers when they had to market their crops. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329198735 2019-02-08 14:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329198735 Some of them reacted with anger and they joined vigilante groups that terrorized the African Americans. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329201101 2019-02-08 14:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329201101 They were called "Scalawags" by other South Carolinians katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329201955 2019-02-08 14:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329201955 Some of the small farmers from the slaveholding districts cooperated with the Republicans. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329203322 2019-02-08 14:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329203322 katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329205429 2019-02-08 14:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329205429 Freedman were both liberated and displaced in the reconstruction. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329205664 2019-02-08 14:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329205664 After the war many freedman left the plantation looking for relative "down the river" or seeking a taste of freedom. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329206381 2019-02-08 14:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329206381 Most went to their former plantation. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329208221 2019-02-08 14:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329208221 It was a common misconception that former slaves left the south as soon as they had the opportunity to escape. katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329208627 2019-02-08 14:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329208627 Many African Americans entered into katera_lewis https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329209980 2019-02-08 14:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/katera_lewis/mllzilxfknc/wish/329209980