They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
People in California treated them diffrent
Slaves were kept in the West Indies to grow and harvest sugar and molesses.
The slaves that West African slave traders sold to Europeans were usually captured in war.
The Republic of Liberia is the only country in West Africa that was founded for freed slaves. Sierra Leone began offering shelter to former slaves in 1792, but the country was not founded for freed slaves.
They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
LiberiaThe Republic of Liberia is the west African nation founded by freed slaves from America.
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There are no freed slaves remaining on the farm where they had worked as slaves. After emancipation, freed slaves were free to leave the farms where they were enslaved.
the slaves in the south were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Harriet Tubman, freed many slaves in the 1800s.
what was the return to Africa like for the freed slaves this is not an answer.
Moving to the west
Moving to the west
Liberia is largely populated by freed slaves
almost 4 million slaves been freed