They valued their freedoms and took an active role in government.
The Southern crop of peanuts.
They arrived in 1500BC and developed the grouping of people based on their status and activities in life.
Made elected officials more directly accountable to their constituents
Ida B. Wells was a firm believer that many of the tactics used by whites against blacks, such as violent intimidation and lynching, was used purely to keep the black population from advancing socially and economically, and therefore advocated heavily for black and women suffrage in the hopes of eventually being able to change the laws.
