Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______ regional variation in both the status and【C2】______of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools,【C3】______ from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by【C4】______whites. Finding a(n)【C5】______job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs【C6】______ to free blacks were limited【C7】______domestic service and farming. 【C8】______,the jobs that were available to free blacks were found【C9】______in urban cities, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. 【C10】______a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans【C11】______ in urban areas, 60 percent of Northern free blacks lived in major urban cities. In the Deep South less than 2 percent of the black population was classified as free in 1860. Often【C12】______as Creoles(克里奥尔人)or mulattoes(黑白混血儿), a significant【C13】______ of free blacks in the Deep South were wealthy, light-skinned aristocrats. Some Creoles【C14】______ dark-skinned free blacks, and many despised the negative stigma that was【C15】______with being black. The free black elite in cities such as Mobile, Alabama【C16】______themselves on their fine clothing and "respectable" air. Whites in the Deep South【C17】______the few free blacks mainly as day laborers and domestic servants.【C18】______ free blacks worked as carpenters, mechanics, and tailors. The large personal【C19】______of a few free blacks in the Deep South【C20】______them to own slaves. Many bought slaves in an effort to protect family members, but others sought to expand personal fortunes.

【C1】

A．apparent

B．distinct

C．distinguished

D．evident