DBQ

“How free were the blacks in the north?” If you were black how free would you be and how would you live your life? Lives in the North were better but not completely fare for the African Americans. But the South would enslave them and make them work for their own. The African Americans would also be okay at the south because there is food and shelter to keep them safe. But they had masters that did not treat them very well.

There social freedom was little to none and they had to eat in separate rooms so the white people could stay away from them. Blacks were also not allowed to go into theaters and they could not get into public places that white people were normally in. African Americans had the most freedom in New England and had more of a right to choose.

The African Americans freedom under politics was low and only in Massachusetts was the only state that allowed the blacks to run for Jury. Now the African Americans can run for everything that has to deal with politics as long as you were born in the country and have lived here for fifteen years. But some of The African Americans are still treated with little respect. The African Americans could also vote in New England and choose the best candidate.

African Americans Economic freedom they had no freedom in terms of economy. They could not get a job because the white people would not work with them. If they tried to get into the simplest jobs such as a market worker or a merchant. When they did get a job they were treated with little respect and they were given difficult jobs.


So how free were the blacks in the north? If you were a black how would you go about living your life. I think that the blacks were free because of what I said in my statements.