What was life like for African-Americans in New York City before the Civil War?

African Americans lived and worked in New York City, some as slaves, some as free people since the Revolutionary War, and had established churches, newspapers, free schools etc.

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actually, not all representation was acceptable based on this little piece of article, in 1776, the second continental congress issued the declaration of independence, stating their specific grievances with the british monarchy and why they were going to create a separate government. after the colonies separated from the british monarchy and formed the united states of america, they had to answer some crucial questions: 1) if not a monarchy, what type of government was the united states going to have? 2) what kind of government was going to protect the people without violating their individual liberties?

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