Question

The speaker in the quotation above uses a metaphor to describe the situation african americans faced after slavery. what issue is the minister addressing? question 9 options: lincoln's emancipation policy whom freedmen should look to for leadership what method of transportation african americans should use to escape slavery whether freedmen should return to africa or remain in the united states

Answer 1

C. Whom freedmen should look to for leadership.

Answer 2

The correct answer is whom freedmen should look to for leadership.

The minister is addressing the issue of whom freedmen should look to for leadership .

When the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in 1865, African Americans started to look for a new kind of leadership for its freedom in the country. The family, the church, and education were very important institutions for the black people after slavery. But poverty was a permanent condition they needed to overcome. African Americans transformed its and were finding a new leadership role in society with the help of the Black Codes. These codes were laws that granted legal rights to blacks, such as the right to marry, own property, and sue in court.