American Colonization Societies established a freed slave colony in Liberia with the goal of sending black people back to Africa. Liberia was established as a colony for free African Americans and freed slaves from the United States in the early 19th century through the efforts of the American Colonization Society.
The term that referred to the laws passed in each of the former Confederate states following the Civil War that only applied to black people to restrict their rights is known as "Black Codes." These laws were discriminatory and aimed at maintaining white supremacy by controlling the activities and freedoms of black individuals.
The system following the Civil War in which former slaves worked land owned by white people, traded the use of land and tools in exchange for crops produced was known as sharecropping. Sharecropping emerged as a way for former slaves to have a place to live and work after emancipation, but it often led to cycles of debt and continued economic hardship for many.
The states that maintained the institution of slavery after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. These states did not secede from the Union during the Civil War and therefore were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation, allowing slavery to persist in these areas until the passage of the 13th Amendment.
