How Did Emancipation Affect the Structure of the Black Family

question 9

Multiple Choice

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

• A) Men and women maintained equality within the household, making black families far more matrilineal than white families.
• B) Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery.
• C) Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had, but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace.
• D) The black family became more like the typical white family, with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers.

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