Reconstruction In Daily Life
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Many African Americans left plantations and started to travel
They were in search of lost family members, economic opportunities and more freedom
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Ex-slaves could now legally marry and family ties strengthened
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/november/freed-slaves.jpg
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Most slaves went to school to learn to read and write
Adults and children flocked to Freedman’s Schoolshttp://www.emu.edu/news/images/freedmenlynchburg.jpg
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Many northern charities funded these schools
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/91.3/images/edelstein_fig01b.jpg
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CONTRACT SYSTEM – a person that did not own land could contract to work the land for someone else who owned it
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Without their own property, many ex-slaves returned to work on plantations
They were paid for their labor
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab9d.gif
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Ex-slaves could now chose the best contracts for jobs
Very low wages were paid – some were cheated out of wages and benefits
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The drawbacks to this system made many turn to sharecropping
SHARECROPPING – a worker rented a plot of land to farm
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The landowner provided the tools, seed and housing
Sharecroppers bought food and clothes on credit at the landowner’s store, owning a lot of money at harvest time
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Often a farmer had to use one year’s harvest to pay the previous year’s bill
Many sharecroppers were caught in a cycle of debt, they often owned more than they made each year
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http://websupport1.citytech.cuny.edu/Faculty/pcatapano/lectures_us2/sharecropping.jpg
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African Americans faced poverty and violent racism in the South
Officially salves were given their freedom but in many regards things were still difficult in terms of living their lives
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KKK – KU KLUX KLAN – a secret group with goals to restore Democratic control and keep former slaves powerless
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The KKK attacked African Americans, burned homes and killed people
Klansman scared people away from voting, Democrats increasing their power
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