Crossroads Of Oppression's End:Liberty Or Greater Tyranny-Part One

American Blacks suffered greatly after they were freed. 250,000 freed slaves died from 1863-1870 due to exposure, starvation, and disease. That is the same as 2.5 million people in today's terms.

They were freed without any transition. They should have been gradually freed over a period of time. During that time, they should have been taught productive skills and other skills so that they could handle the responsibility of being free on a much better basis. Because they went from one extreme to another without preparation, they developed psychological issues that exist even to this day. Moreover, Whites also developed adapting issues as they did not know how to adjust to such a huge influx of suddenly freed slaves. 

Adjustments should have been made on a gradual basis. It should have not been ushered in all of a sudden. Prisoner recidivism is due to the sudden implementation of such a dramatic change. When people spend so much of their adult lives in incarceration, they simply do not know how to adjust to the freedoms of normal life. It is obvious people need transition and follow-up in order to become capable in the handling of their new liberties, rights, and responsibilities. 

Another example of the need for follow-up after the end of a traumatic situation that "hits closer to home" for many is the following. There are soldiers who have fought for years, surviving deadly encounters in the process. However, once they are no longer involved in military conflict and are sent to civilian life, they fail to  adjust to their freedoms and peaceful existence properly. 

It is a paradox that is a real dilemma. That is why M. Gandhi and others took over 25 years before they wrested India from the tyranny of the British. They knew that India and Indians needed that time to prepare for the responsibility of Democratic and Constitutional Self-Governance.