1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
I am Lyosha [343]
2 years ago
6

How were slaves different from free african americans

Social Studies
1 answer:
tester [92]2 years ago
8 0

Free blacks in the antebellum period—those years from the formation of the Union until the Civil War—were quite outspoken about the injustice of slavery. Their ability to express themselves, however, was determined by whether they lived in the North or the South. Free Southern blacks continued to live under the shadow of slavery, unable to travel or assemble as freely as those in the North. It was also more difficult for them to organize and sustain churches, schools, or fraternal orders such as the Masons.

Although their lives were circumscribed by numerous discriminatory laws even in the colonial period, freed African Americans, especially in the North, were active participants in American society. Black men enlisted as soldiers and fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Some owned land, homes, businesses, and paid taxes. In some Northern cities, for brief periods of time, black property owners voted. A very small number of free blacks owned slaves. The slaves that most free blacks purchased were relatives whom they later manumitted. A few free blacks also owned slave holding plantations in Louisiana, Virginia, and South Carolina.

Free African American Christians founded their own churches which became the hub of the economic, social, and intellectual lives of blacks in many areas of the fledgling nation. Blacks were also outspoken in print. Freedom's Journal, the first black-owned newspaper
You might be interested in
What is quasi natural
Marina CMI [18]

Answer:

Quasi-natural experiments, by contrast, do not involve random application of a treatment. Instead, a treatment is applied due to social or political factors.

6 0
3 years ago
What are two basic ways the government tries to affect the economy
charle [14.2K]

Answer:

1. Market economy - In a market economy, the government has very little to do with the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution. Instead, these ideas come from the supply and demand that consumers create. 2. Mixed economy - A mixed economy companies private and public enterprises which has some government influence. 3. Socialist economy - A socialist economy is control by the government but still allows small ownership of productions and some say from individuals. 4. Communist economy - Controlled by the government with no influence from the public. Not a democratic society at all

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
What food source did nomadic societies depend on
saul85 [17]
Hunting-and-gathering These are small, simple societies in which people hunt and gather food. Because all people in these societies have few possessions, the societies are fairly egalitarian, and the degree of inequality is very low. Some animals and crops. Like corn
3 0
3 years ago
Jahrul's instructor was very rude the first day of class. Jahrul assumed the instructor was a rude woman. He did not know that s
lawyer [7]

Answer:

The fundamental attribution error hope this helps

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
Sophia believes that her speech about the voter registration process demonstrates _____________, because the next presidential e
Bad White [126]

Question Options:

1) Relevance

2) Timeliness

3) Audience need

4) Proximity

Answer: TIMELINESS

Explanation: Timeliness can be defined as the quality of something or a process occuring at EXACTLY the right time.

Sophia Believe her speech demonstrate timeliness because, as timeliness demonstrates a quality happening at the right time, so does her speech. The information is useful now, (timeliness) the information is useful in the near future ( timeliness).

4 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • How were Booker T Washington and w.e.b Dubois's views on race in america alike
    11·2 answers
  • In the study led by Elizabeth Loftus, two groups of observers were asked how fast two cars had been going in a filmed traffic ac
    13·1 answer
  • Which theory holds that some people have a genetic disposition toward fat storage and retaining weight?
    14·1 answer
  • Africa's highest point, or place with the greatest elevation is?
    7·1 answer
  • A criminologist wants to gain an in-depth understanding of the subculture of a street gang in a particular city. Which of the fo
    12·1 answer
  • What is the main economic activity in athens ( occupation to make a living )
    9·1 answer
  • David, a ten-year-old, purchased a plastic snow sled from Qmart. He went sledding, lost control, hit a tree, and was injured. Da
    15·1 answer
  • Alva Nunez is a punch press operator for drummond Machine company. She earns $0.95 for every molding she presses. What is her to
    7·1 answer
  • 342. Under the white primary system, only
    12·1 answer
  • What function is most closely associated with the spinal cord tract indicated by the letter c?.
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!