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By 1890, there had been no slaves in the south for 35 years.
In the 1800's, most slaves were owned by plantation owners
Yes. Slave owners did brand slaves with the fleur-de-lis. According to the book Slavery in the South by Clayton E. Jewett and John O. Allen, slave owners were allowed to cut of the ears of runaway slaves and have them branded with the fleur-de-lis as punishment.
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
In the south there were no "free African Americans ". All African Americans in the southern states were slaves. Therefore, slaves owners didn't create problems for free African Americans because they never met a free slaves.