Many freedmen saw emancipation as the opportunity to ______________.
A. punish their former masters
B. take advantage of the economic opportunities offered them by Northern factory owners
C. create their own institutions free of white control
D. demand passage of legislation outlawing social, economic, and political discrimination on the basis of race
Answer: C
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