From his recollections, McCoy remembers the years after the Civil War, describing how there <em>weren't many differences between</em> his life as a freedman and a slave. Even though slavery was abolished, it is observable in the interview that there were few <em>guarantees to exercise liberty</em>, hence being uneducated, dependence on former slavemasters and disinterest on political issues were some of the aspects that led McCoy to conclude that changes weren't that visible.
Farmers in the *Southern Colonies* grew several things. *The most popular crop was tobacco.* The Jamestown colonists had grown tobacco originally, and tobacco farms sprung up all over Virginia and North Carolina. The two southernmost states (South Carolina and Georgia) also grew indigo and rice.
<span>April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C., United States</span>
The Franciscan monks are beggars are following the role of Jesus Christ and his examples by giving up all their possessions and live off the kindness of other people. They did good deeds and minister to the people in exchange for food and clothing, They did not accept money only this is why they were called beggars