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By 1877, the condition of former slaves in the United States compared with that of freedmen around the globe in that in America, black people were still being segregated by most white American southerners, but African Americans were able to vote in elections and to hold office.
However, Jim Crow laws in the South kept segregation alive and black people lived many restrictions. Racial segregation principally extended to public places and public transportation.