Free Blacks in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Free_Blacks_in_the_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:Underground_Railroad gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:couldMarry	varied by state
gptkbp:couldOwnProperty	true
gptkbp:couldOwnSlaves	true
gptkbp:couldTestifyInCourt	varied by state
gptkbp:couldVote	varied by state
gptkbp:existedDuring	gptkb:Reconstruction_era gptkb:Colonial_America gptkb:Antebellum_period 18th century 19th century
gptkbp:facedBarriersToEducation	true
gptkbp:facedBarriersToEmployment	true
gptkbp:facedBarriersToJuryService	true
gptkbp:facedBarriersToPublicOffice	true
gptkbp:facedBarriersToVoting	true
gptkbp:facedRestrictionsOnMovement	true
gptkbp:facedRiskOfKidnapping	true
gptkbp:facedRiskOfRe-enslavement	true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Free Blacks in the United States
gptkbp:legalStatus	not enslaved
gptkbp:notableCommunity	gptkb:Baltimore gptkb:New_Orleans gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:Charleston
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Prince_Hall_Freemasonry gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church gptkb:Free_African_Society
gptkbp:notableMembers	gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:Harriet_Tubman gptkb:Sojourner_Truth gptkb:James_Forten gptkb:Paul_Cuffe
gptkbp:population	about 488,000 in 1860
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:African-American gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws gptkb:13th_Amendment gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Black_Codes gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act segregation discriminatory laws
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Slaves_Without_Masters
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5