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1. What did freedom mean to African Americans? How did they express their newfound freedom?

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For formerly enslaved people, freedom meant an end to the whip, to the sale of family members, and to white masters. The promise of freedom held out the hope of self-determination, educational opportunities, and full rights of citizenship
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