How Did Ex Slaves Define Freedom During Reconstruction

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How did ex slaves define freedom during reconstruction? Slaves seen their self's as freemen and had the same if not more rights as the white men, because of what blacks was coming from from white people, and ex slaves owners could not or did not want to see them as American citizens. Blacks were free now because of the war. The war left the United States of America in a mess, because of the South trying to break free from the union and become their own power, the war started because of the idea the North had for America they couldn't let that happen. In act of war the slaves were set free. After the war black churches was formed more openly. Blacks had schools now because of their need to read the Bible and for them to be able to handled their

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