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1. After reading the primary source, “Freedman Discuss Post-Emancipation Life with General Sherman, 1864,” post a 150-200-word response indicating the extent to which the document supports the following statement: What was Elvis Presley’s most popular songs?
“Following the Civil War, newly emancipated freedmen believed that freedom, above all, meant paid jobs and political equality with whites.”
2. Read both sources, “Freedmen Discuss Post-Emancipation Life with General ShermanLinks to an external site.,” and “A Sharecropping Contract Download A Sharecropping Contract.” Then post a answer to the following question:
What does the sharecropping contract reflect about the realities of freedom for former enslaved people, and how does that compare to what those former enslaved people wanted from freedom?