Question

How did some african americans earn their freedom during the antebellum period ?

Answer 1

The Underground Railroad had developed as a way in which free blacks and whites (and sometimes slaves) aided fugitive slaves to reach freedom in northern states.

Answer 2

Free Blacks in the Antebellum Period. Free blacks in the antebellum period--those years from the formation of the Union until the Civil War--were quite outspoken about the injustice of slavery. Their ability to express themselves, however, was determined by whether they lived in the North or the South.