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The hardships of the freed black slaves during the Reconstruction, namely the end of the 19th century, focusing on American society and its problems?

I do not want any political events....I only want to know what hardships blacks had from the society.....Thank you very much for your time

Can anyone give me more? The only satisfactory answer I got was the one before Kevin's. And, Kevin, I know you tried but I'm looking for hardships of blacks AFTER slavery was abolished. You keep on giving me links about slavery hardships on my questions. I'm sure no one can answer my question...everybody who tries to just copies out history but doesn't give me ways blacks suffered, just gives me laws that helped them...however I will keep on trying; maybe I will be lucky and some one who knows about this will help me. I will try to extend the expiration date until I get a satisfactory answer.

Answer 1

It seems that you want the answer for yourself.

I ask you a question which may lead you to your answer.

How did blacks live with only freedom but no money, work, education, home, and in many cases no family and yet have emmerged as a very active and alive part of the american society?

As the answer to your question is very very broad indeed, hence it would be better if you look for books, articles and postings on the net yourself and find the answer.

try these out
www.afroamhistory.about.com
www.reparationscentral.com

Answer 2

Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the southern states of the defeated Confederacy, which had seceded from the United States, were reintegrated into the Union. The destructiveness of the Union invasion and defeat of the South, attacks on civilian targets and destruction of infrastructure, followed by exploitative economic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among white Southerners toward the federal government.

Abraham Lincoln had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and the social changes wrought by it, led Congress to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions, including protection for the freed blacks. A series of laws, passed by the U.S. government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the Southern states. These included Civil Rights Acts, Reconstruction Acts, and Constitutional Amendments.

Under Reconstruction, Republicans took control of Southern State governments from the rebel Democrats and proceeded to comply with re-admission requirements.

Answer 3

Black men were given voting rights after the Emancipation Proclamation, but were not encouraged to vote, at least not in the south. The southerners believed in the separation of the races,and the blacks,were given inferior education, and made to separate socially from the whites,i.e. separate restaurants , restrooms, drinking fountains, and segregated schools. The Northerners were more excepting of the blacks, but there was still racism. For instance, well into the 60's, black entertainers were not allowed to enter a hotel in Las Vegas by the front door, but were forced to use the back entrance, Sammy Davis JR. comes immediately to mind.
During World War 1, blacks were allowed to go into combat, but by the time WW2 came around, the blacks were again segregated from the whites, and were given menial jobs. The practice of segregation didn't stop until the Korean War. Our country still has racial tensions, but the races will continue to have problems until all people are treated equally.

Answer 4

The status of the ***** was the focal problem of Reconstruction. Slavery had been abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, but the white people of the South were determined to keep the ***** in his place, socially, politically, and economically. This was done by means of the notorious "Black Codes," passed by several of the state legislatures. Northerners regarded these codes as a revival of slavery in disguise. The first such body of statutes, and probably the harshest, was passed in Mississippi in November 1865.



Momaross,

Your ignorance is appalling. Does your mom know that she gave birth to an idiot? When you have people stating that "slaves" were unskilled, (hello, the entire SOUTH depended and survived on their skills) .

Answer 5

As a people, they had been subjugated for centuries; they had, as a subculture, lost self-esteem, ambition, and role-models for leadership and education. They had been, by design, denied educational opportunities, and even into the mid 20th century were not allowed to vote.

Many of them were left with few options for work, the majority in either sharecropping (extension of plantation economy), or they migrated to the large cities to work in factories, that paid low wages.

The combination of low education and the design by people in power coalesced to further this inequity. In my opinion, the racist whites in the south, especially in the late 19th and first half of the 20th (isolated cases later into the 20th) century, were fearful that if given any political or economic power, the African-American would express the justified rage that any normal human would feel with this history.

It makes me uncomfortable, as a white person, to speak about another culture in such broad terms.

Remember, the thing that makes this country great is the rich tapestry of all the different cultures that contribute to it. Can you imagine today's world without the influence of black music and other artists, or with only the bland food choices brought over by the northern Europeans? Some of the most fascinating people I have ever known are persons of color (brown or black) and my life would not be as interesting as it is without their influence.

Answer 6

this is a super broad question, homey!!!

i'll toss one out there.

Blacks were treated like animals when they got here and for many years they were "beneath" white people. therefor, generations of youth grew up believing they were superiour and that blacks were nothing but animals.

So, after the slaves were free. they had to deal with the fact that generations of people had grown up educated and thinking that black people were a lesser people.

it's quite sad. :(

that's my contribution..maybe someone else can help some more. :)

Answer 7

blacks were segregated from public places, they were still treated horribly by society, and many weren't able to get jobs or places to live when they were freed, so they may as well have just stayed on the plantations, at least some of them.

so yeah, that is all I can think of.

Answer 8

Frequently, if they were able to obtain jobs, they were menial (after all, what were they prepared for having been slaves) and paid a pittance. The problem was that no one was caring for them any longer and they had to make their wages take care of their families (an impossibility).

Answer 9

i think you will get very good results if you search this in google.and i guess the 10 points will be for me

Answer 10

www.free-researchpapers.com/dbs/a1/aky239.shtml
interesting article
also if u type African american during the reconstuction into goggole search alot comes up
thanks for helping me find interesting reading