RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Free African Americans could own property and had some rights, while enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
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Free African Americans had no rights to own property, but could operate a business, while enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
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Free African Americans had the right to own businesses and property, while enslaved African Americans only had the right to own personal property.
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Free African Americans could own and operate their own business, while enslavedAfrican Americans could not own but could only operate a few small types ofbusinesses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did economic opportunities for free African Americans differ from enslaved African Americans during the early 1800s? Free African Americans could own property and had some rights, while enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the American Revolution African American men, both enslaved and free fought in the Continental Army. Black soldiers served in mostly integrated units at this time. The First Rhode Island Regiment is the most famous regiment that included African Americans during the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was it difficult for southern free blacks to gain economic independence after the Civil War? Southern blacks emerged from slavery with no money to begin their new lives, so they had to rely on the crop-lien and sharecropping systems.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most enslaved African Americans in Texas were forced into unskilled labor as field hands in the production of cotton, corn, and sugar, though some lived and worked on large plantations or in urban areas where they engaged in more skilled forms of labor as cooks, blacksmiths, and carpenters.