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...' demands created a duel crisis on the part of the resisting slaves and their demanding owners. The most common form of resistance used by the slaves was to run away. To live as a runaway required perfect escape routes and exact timing. Where to hide, finding food once they escaped, and attempting to escape with women and children or leaving the family and children behind became primary issues for the escaping slaves. Later, if caught and returned, a slave would face severe punishment at the hands of his/her master. Once escaped, slaves had very limited options. Many slaves ran off and lived in the woods or vast wilderness in the undeveloped American countryside. This group of slaves were called "maroons," for they found remote areas in the thick forest and mainly lived off wild fruits and animals as food. Some of these maroons ran off, lived, and even married into segments of the Native American populations. They were later called Black Indians. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States mainly from the votes coming from the north. Lincoln had built a reputation as an opponent of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861 - the United States was a divided country with slavery as the major issue before the Republic. it was not until Abraham Lincoln issued on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, "freeing all slaves in areas still in rebellion". In the mitts of the Civil War, and casualties on both sides of the war climbing, there was a need for more soldiers. Under the Emancipation Proclamation ex-slaves were given the formal right to be received in the U.S. Union Armed Forces. Since the days of slavery and the war, African Americans have changed in many ways over the years as they have overcome many difficult boundaries and “hurdles” they have found in their opposition. African Americans have made great gains in education as well. Young black adults made notable gains in the 1980 in high school completion. Eighty two percent of African-Americans ranging from the ages of twenty-five to thirty-four had completed at least 4 years of high school. This number was up from only seventy-five percent of the same group in 1980. The African American household has changed through time also. A study done by the US Census Bureau shows just how much the structure of the African American family has changed. The study shows the African American married-couple families have declined from seventy-eight percent of all black families in 1950 to forty-eight percent...