This week in class, we finished discussing the Civil War,
and moved on to the Reconstruction Era of the United States of America. The 4
million or so newly freed slaves did not many places to turn, and new law made
it even more difficult to decide. In my opinion, the end of the Civil War was
not a turning point, it just made the Southern politicians want to fight back
even harder. There were new laws created, such as the "Black Codes."
These codes restricted how the newly freed slaves could act in the society.
Now, this lead to the construction of the Freedman's Bureau, which tried to
conform the South. This plan didn't work out very well, and continuous harsh
treatment of blacks were unstoppable. Some blacks were smart enough to find
places to work, but many were unlucky, and were stuck jobless. This leads me to
the question, "How would the slave owners act if their former slaves came
back and ask for work?" Hopefully, the slave owners would treat them
better.
