Question

What were the competing notions of freedom that existed in the post-war South?

Answer 1

Freedom to blacks meant end to slavery, injustice, humiliation. Rights and protections of free men also desired
ii)AAs differed over how to achieve freedom: some wanted economic redistribution including land, others wanted legal equality and opportunity. All wanted independence from white control
iii)Whites wanted life w/o interference of North or federal govt. Thirteenth Amendment (Dec 1865) had abolished slavery, but many planters wanted blacks to be tied to plantations
iv)March 1865 Congress created Freedmen's Bureau to distribute food, create schools, & help poor whites. Only a temporary solution, only operated for 1 yr Source:

Answer 2

i)Freedom to blacks meant end to slavery, injustice, humiliation.

Rights and protections of free men also desired

ii)AAs differed over how to achieve freedom: some wanted economic redistribution including land, others wanted legal equality and opportunity.

All wanted independence from white control

iii)Whites wanted life w/o interference of North or federal govt.

Thirteenth Amendment (Dec 1865) had abolished slavery, but many planters wanted blacks to be tied to plantations

iv)March 1865 Congress created Freedmen's Bureau to distribute food, create schools, & help poor whites.