"A common thread for African Americans was the desire for freedom "
2006-09-20 19:14:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
There was a growing trend in the African American population, and it involved, to an alarming extent, the desire for the freedom and the rights that other humans had been enjoying.
2006-09-20 19:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by dinochirus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That all African Americans wanted freedom.
2006-09-21 02:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by kitty fresh & hissin' crew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In regards to the key term "thread",which in this statement, refers to the common theme or characteristic, for African Americans druing the times of slavery; that of which being their desire for freedom.
2006-09-21 02:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When was this quote? If you mean in the days before slavery was abolished, then it's simple. The slaves wanted their freedom, almost to a person. Everybody was of a like mind. A common thread means something that nearly everyone agrees with.
2006-09-21 02:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gene Rocks! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All wanted freedom
2006-09-21 02:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the majority of the African Americans are in the jails, or in the shanty towns
2006-09-21 02:26:48 · answer #6 · answered by ninacoquina 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They all wanted to braid clothes and swim back to Africa where they could live happily ever after.....
2006-09-21 02:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by Beth C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋