they did not
Southern states passed Black Codes, which were laws specifically designed to restrict the rights and freedom of African Americans. These codes aimed to regulate the behavior and movement of former slaves and control their labor opportunities.
Free African Americans in the South needed a certificate of freedom to prove their legal status as free individuals. Without this document, they could be at risk of being enslaved or facing legal challenges to their freedom. Certificates of freedom also provided some protection against being mistaken for escaped slaves and being captured and re-enslaved.
they could have run away, although this was risky as their masters could have easily caught up with them. some were allowed to leave when they got older, as they weren't as much use to their masters as the younger slaves, and they would have been working hard for a long time already.
Former slave owners or others who were involved in the slave trade would often provide slaves with an opportunity to buy their freedom through the practice of manumission. Slaveholders might allow slaves to purchase their freedom in exchange for money or labor, granting them legal freedom from bondage.
They wanted slaves to revolt and fight for their freedom.
Nelson Mandela fought for the freedom of African slaves. And, of course, his goal was to free African slaves.
African-Americans who were slaves were not given their freedom.
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
waited for the union army
Most were by being captured in a war, but some were punishment for crimes.
Henry H. Garnet
African Americans they were still treated as slaves
She gave freedom to the slaves and she gave all enslaved African Americans a way to get out of slavery
African Americans were involved in the Revolutionary War as soldiers and sailors. They fought for freedom. Both slaves and free African Americans joined the fight.
to replace Indian slaves with African slaves