I'm a bit rusty on postwar northern history. How were blacks treated there?
"I'm a bit rusty on postwar northern history. How were blacks treated there?"
On the surface it seemed much better in the North - they weren't lynching 100 blacks a year and it was easier to register to vote.
But underneath the KKK was active up north and there was serious involuntary segregation, both by neighborhood and in school. In 1901, George Henry White, the last slave to serve in congress and the only black in congress introduced a bill to outlaw lynching. It got only a few votes as most northern lawmakers opposed it too.
Disclaimer: this is not my specialty