Free blacks in the north free blacks in the south
• 75 percent of blacks were free by 1810
• held low paying jobs
• lived in poverty
• could not vote
• laws protected them from being forced into slavery • 4 percent of blacks were free by 1810
• laws restricted employment opportunities
• lived in poverty
• could not vote
• no laws protected them from being forced into slavery

before the civil war, free blacks could be found in both the north and south. after looking at the information in the chart above, which of the following statements is probably true about free blacks the early 1800s?