What kind of rights and supports did recently freed men and women NOT get?
Economic
Social
Political
Newly freed black men got the ability to vote
Freedmans Bureau --> sought to teach black and white southerners the meaning of freedom
the division of ex-slave states into 10 districts that worked towards goals of rebuilding
The Bureau provided food, clothing, medical care.The Bureau was also responsible for protecting freedmen and women from intimidation and assaults by Southern whites.
the Bureau promoted a system of labor contracts to replace the slavery system and tried to settle freedmen and women on abandoned or confiscated land.
industrial school for girls
the Bureau gave legal representation, promoted education, and helped legalize marriages
assisted African American soldiers and sailors in securing back pay, enlistment bounties, and pensions
continued racist attitudes from southerners
the schools available there lacked the proper materials and standards
lack of protection against blacks
openings of the civil courts to African Americans caused the closing of them
imbalances in the courts when it came to trials
Newly freed men and women started with nothing and had little to no economic opportunities unless provided with some
In the text to the freed people of Orangeburg the views are clear about how southerners see these men and women as threats, still treating them poorly
The idea to some that slavery was different than unpaid labor --> criminal institution
knew that just because there was no slavery does not mean they were "free" they were left with nothing but joined together to ask for help in the courts in the Late Convention of Colored Men