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African Americans After Radical Reconstruction

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After the radical reconstruction African Americans were giving some rights but they noticed there were many ways they were still restricted on using or doing these rights. The congress gave them the 13th,14th and the 15th amendments. First, the 13th amendment was to get rid of slavery so they were all freed and able to get and own land but if these freed slaves didn’t not have any land or a job per say they were arrested and hired out to work on a farm. So they were freed to live like a normal citizen but then they were hired out like if they were a slaves again only if they didn't have land or a job. It’s like they were free but at the same time not free they were kinda restricted from being in there free ways. Then, the
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