After the Capture of Vicksburg, the Union Army Established a Labor

question 50

Multiple Choice

After the capture of Vicksburg, the Union army established a labor system in Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley that

• A) plantation owners were satisfied with, but formerly enslaved people were not.
• B) formerly enslaved people were satisfied with, but plantation owners were not.
• C) established the basis for economic independence for black families through landownership.
• D) required emancipated slaves sign labor contracts for paid wages with white plantation owners.
• E) made no provision for black workers to obtain education or protection from violence and family separation.

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