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How were the lives of slaves different from the lives of free black in the middle 1800s ?

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Free blacks had a choice if they want to work or not and the had more freedom then slaves
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Free blacks were able to do more things than slaves, with a few restrictions. However, slaves couldn't. Slaves were owned, but free blacks could work if they chose to.

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