The approval of 9 of the states was needed to ratify the constitution.
He means that African American have every right eat what Americans eat, so drink what they drink, do what they do and so on
The correct answer would be: they were usaully killed.
They were almost always starved to death(less than one meal a day), the spaces were way over cramped, there were sicknesses being passed around and no one was caring for them. Being in these camps has been said to be just as bad as slavery.