An Appellate Court is not (usually) the Court of original jurisdiction. So, in many cases you would start at a Federal Trial Court (District Court) and would have a normal trial. If you lost, you could appeal to the Appellate Court, who would review the record (only) from the Trial Court for clear error, bias, etc. A new trial does not occur at the Appellate Level, unless it is a court of original jurisdiction.
It’s true that the freedmen’s bureau the Enforcement act helped African Americans
A) they were too weakened to fight against fresh British forces
the answer to this is c i hope i helped