How and why did Reconstruction fail, and how did its failure impact the lives of African Americans in the South?

What were the economic, religious and social/political factors in the abolition of slaves

The slave dred scott sued for his freedom because he was born a free man. he had lived in a free state. slavery violated the 13th amendment he had been freed by pres. lincoln.

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.