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Free Blacks in the antebellum period, those years from the formation of the Union until the Civil War, were quite outspoken about the injustice of slavery. Their ability to express themselves, however, was determined by whether they lived in the North or the South. Free southern Blacks continued to live under the shadow of slavery, unable to travel or assemble as freely as those in the North. It was also more difficult for them to organize and sustain churches, schools, or fraternal orders such as the Masons. | Free Blacks in the antebellum period, those years from the formation of the Union until the Civil War, were quite outspoken about the injustice of slavery. Their ability to express themselves, however, was determined by whether they lived in the North or the South. Free southern Blacks continued to live under the shadow of slavery, unable to travel or assemble as freely as those in the North. It was also more difficult for them to organize and sustain churches, schools, or fraternal orders such as the Masons. | ||
Although their lives were circumscribed by numerous discriminatory laws even in the colonial period, freed African Americans, especially in the North, were active participants in American society. Black men enlisted as soldiers and fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Some owned land, homes, businesses, and paid taxes. In some northern cities for brief periods of time, Black property owners voted. A very small number of free Blacks were also slaveholders. The enslaved persons that most free African Americans purchased were relatives whom they later manumitted. A few free African | Although their lives were circumscribed by numerous discriminatory laws even in the colonial period, freed African Americans, especially in the North, were active participants in American society. Black men enlisted as soldiers and fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Some owned land, homes, businesses, and paid taxes. In some northern cities for brief periods of time, Black property owners voted. A very small number of free Blacks were also slaveholders. The enslaved persons that most free African Americans purchased were relatives whom they later manumitted. A few free African Americans also owned slave-holding plantations in Louisiana, Virginia, and South Carolina. | ||
Free African American Christians founded their own churches which became the hub of the economic, social, and intellectual lives of African Americans in many areas of the fledgling nation. African Americans were also outspoken in print. ''Freedom's Journal'', the first Black-owned newspaper, appeared in 1827. This paper and other early writings by African Americans fueled the attack against slavery and racist conceptions about the intellectual inferiority of African Americans. | Free African American Christians founded their own churches which became the hub of the economic, social, and intellectual lives of African Americans in many areas of the fledgling nation. African Americans were also outspoken in print. ''Freedom's Journal'', the first Black-owned newspaper, appeared in 1827. This paper and other early writings by African Americans fueled the attack against slavery and racist conceptions about the intellectual inferiority of African Americans. | ||