Through President Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks were free from slavery but they did not have complete freedom because they did not have the same rights a whites. Through 1777 people still question slavery until 1865 where slavery was abolished. Blacks in the north were not free in the years just before the Civil War because of political, economic, and social rights. Blacks in the north where not free just before the civil war because of political restrictions. For example, doc. A’s chart shows the states that black males can vote ⅓ of the time, about ⅓ can not vote, and about another ⅓ can vote but were restricted. This shows that black males were restricted and if they were that restricted than females would be even
