Every day, seven days a week, John Freeman woke before dawn, washed himself, then immediately headed off to work. He worked as hard as he was physically able-regardless of the kind of labor he was doing or how much he was paid for it- all day long. The only breaks he took were those necessary to keep his body functioning and for church on Sundays. After twelve or fourteen or even sixteen hours of labor, John Freeman put his head down and returned immediately to his home. He did not drink alcohol or smoke tobacco. He did not dance. He wore plain and simple clothes and ate plain and simple food. He spent not a single cent on anything for his own enjoyment and did not go anyplace for fun. He had sex only with his wife and only to make children, never for pleasure. Clarissa Freeman, John's wife, cooked and cleaned and straightened until she went to bed at night, shortly after supper. She never left the house. She never did anything for her personal pleasure. She covered her body from chin to toe in plain, drab, and formless clothing. She lived entirely for her husband and eight children. And she most certainly never had sex for fun.

That's how the government expected free slaves to behave as free Americans. It's from a public school textbook.