Reconstruction

The effect the Reconstruction had on them was that they were free but were treated like slaves. They didnt live in the same house as the slave owner but they did live on the slave owner's plantation. Also they did have to live under their rules and the slave owner's contract. The contract stated that they would have to harvest crops and if they didnt they would have to pay a fine. On top of that they had to pay for the tools that they were using. So they would be debt cause of all the money they needed but didnt have. They were better off before the reconstruction yeah they were owned but they wouldnt be debt or anything like that. After the reconstruction they were still being controlled by the slave owners and were under their rules and regulations.