ECONOMICS IN THE MEANING OF FREEDOM

George and Hayley

General Thesis

African Americans during the Reconstruction Era sought to become independent and not inferior, which led to conflict with the white community.

Economics During the Reconstruction Era

Southern blacks believed that if they were economically independent they would gain complete autonomy, but this was not necessarily true due to their lack of political power.

Expectation of Land

No more subordination

No land leads to sharecropping.

Then to the free markets

White man’s land

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