How did african americans react to the prospect of freedom even before the civil war ended?

the answer would more than likely a.)falling crop prices  

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the church governed the society after the empire fell.   constantine took charge of rome and ended the confusion which had over religion and made christianity as the only religion and that started ruling the roman empire. he also divided the empire into two and fortified the eastern part.   he ruled the eastern part.