Former slaves were much better off after the Reconstruction Era rather than before the Civil War. They were better off because of how much freedom they had. Still segregated but at least they could do their own thing besides be treated like dirt. The only down side to there freedom was the rise of racism. A lot of southerners who owned these slaves before were not very happy about losing them causing them to hate all African-Americans and made a drastic rise in violence towards other races.
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