African Americans had the right to vote and run for office
fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes.
Prevented Southern politicians from preventing African Americans from voting
landowner provided seeds, beasts of burden, farm tools, housing, and food,
Could not be denied rights of a citizen based on race.
rarely worked up from poverty
instrumental in building thousands of schools
Gave African American men the right to vote
established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War
provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance
lead to the freeing of 4 million slaves
Paid to rent land
Created to prevent the Black Codes
farmed someone else's land
Abolished Slavery
owned a small home, farm tools, and a horse or mule.
ended the institution of slavery
Had the freedom to make their own farming decisions
Equal Citizenship
