African American Families
What did African Americans do after being emancipated?
Find their lost families and loved ones.
Why would slaves return to their old homes?
To find work and strengthen family bonds.
What did black communities do for African American schools?
They built schools, raised funds, and housed teachers.
What did economic autonomy and ownership of land promise?
The most independence.
What was a main topic at African American meetings?
Women Suffrage and African American Rights.
Were all slave family reunions successful?
No, some could not find their families and some ended in divorce.
Why would former slaves move to black communities?
To find communities, safety and comfort.
What did the Freedmans Bureau and organizations like AMA help establish?
Schools and Colleges.
What was a dominant form of working the land?
Sharecropping.
What encouraged African American Political Activism?
The First Reconstruction Act in 1867.
Did all freed slaves get rights immediately?
No, segregation was still a very big part of society.
What attracted African Americans to move to the black belt?
The Churches, schools, and societies.
What was the first fully controlled black institution?
African American Churches.
Did slaves like the idea of sharecropping.
No, they did not aspire to it.
Were Southern Whites open to African American political Activism?
No, they were not.