To try to pursue a better life in Northern cities.
in the 1860's there was 1253 blacks in the south
Your "facts" are in error.Between 65,000 and 100,000 blacks served in the Confederate Army. Let me restate that: as many as 100,000 blacks served in the Army of the South. These men were cooks, musicians, and soldiers.Of the 179,000 blacks who served in all aspects of the Union Army and 19,000 who served in the Navy, 40,000 died in service.Where the majority of Northern blacks volunteered, many of the Southern blacks were pressed into service, although quite a few volunteered to serve in the Confederate cause.
One was that blacks had to pass literacy tests in order to vote. This was one of many impediments set up to frustrate the North in its desire to include freed slaves in the political process.
mant blacks left the south and moved to the north because their were more jobs in the northern cities
There were many ways in which Africans were used during the confederacy. These individuals were used as forms of workers.
the civil war affected blacks in many ways. but mainly because the emancipation proclamation gave freedom to black slaves. the slaves were very excited by finally being free after so many years.
There are many things that an emancipation could be referring to. The emancipation could be referring to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Because they were promised their liberation/emancipation from slavery. However due to the fact that many were illiterate they were duped/tricked into leaving that community.
poll tax
The Emancipation Proclamtion has five pages to it.
You have traveled 62.1371 miles.
Five.
Well, technically they were all free when President Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation. However, many blacks were not truly free, from both slavery and the KKK until the early 1990's.
He traveled 1,400 miles.
During the Revolutionary War, the treatment of Black individuals varied significantly, with some fighting for both the British and American forces. Many enslaved Blacks sought freedom by joining the British Army, which promised emancipation as a reward for their service. Conversely, some free Blacks fought for the Patriots, believing in the ideals of liberty and equality. However, despite their contributions, both free and enslaved Blacks faced systemic racism and were often denied full rights and recognition after the war.
310 miles you have traveled.
62 miles.