instrumental in building thousands of schools
Had the freedom to make their own farming decisions
Could not be denied rights of a citizen based on race.
provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance
African Americans had the right to vote and run for office
landowner provided seeds, beasts of burden, farm tools, housing, and food,
owned a small home, farm tools, and a horse or mule.
fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes.
Paid to rent land
established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War
Equal Citizenship
rarely worked up from poverty
Gave African American men the right to vote
lead to the freeing of 4 million slaves
ended the institution of slavery
Abolished Slavery
farmed someone else's land
Prevented Southern politicians from preventing African Americans from voting
Created to prevent the Black Codes