Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's bureau was something that the government did for recently freed black slaves in the south to translate smoothly into being free and owning land that was abandoned. It also established colleges and some education for blacks. One of the colleges was called Howard University was named after General Howard who was a civil war hero who treated blacks with respect. The bureau also made it possible for justice to be served with African Americans in the state courts. Although the Freedman's bureau only lasted for seven years ending in 1872, it made a difference.
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Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a form of labor that was mainly used in the South. For the recently freed slaves this was one of the very few options they had to make a living. So even though they did not own land they would work the crops, but at the end of the harvest, the plantation owners would pay the workers. There was also something called tenant farming where you work on the farm but pay some rent to stay and live. Although many freed African Americans would have liked this statement, "forty acres and a mule," which was a quote that William Sherman said as he was on his March to the Sea Campaign when he was freeing the slaves and would essentially offer them a mule and forty acres of land to farm.
Also by the end of the harvest if they saved money workers could buy land or equipment. By 1880, 32% of the farms in Georgia were operated by sharecroppers.
Also by the end of the harvest if they saved money workers could buy land or equipment. By 1880, 32% of the farms in Georgia were operated by sharecroppers.
Reconstruction
Lincoln has 10% plan in place so when the war was over and 10 percent of the the southerners who has succeeded would take an oath to allegiance to the Union and then the south was officially back in the Union. This was around the time when Lincoln was killed so when Johnson took office he wanted to make it impossible for the states to succeed from the Union. But because Johnson was a former Democrat he was more lenient and not as harsh as some of the radical republican wanted him to be. Although others say if he wasn't as lenient the reconstruction period after the civil war might have taken much longer.
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