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

The sudden freeing of slaves on a resentful White populace in the South and a prejudiced populace in the North caused much antagonisms. It caused nearly all states to pass discriminatory laws against Blacks.

No time was given to Whites to mentally adjust to their expected accommodation of Blacks.

Many freed slaves were good farmhands but as the South was beginning its transition from an agrarian power to an industrial one due to the onset of the industrial revolution, it was not nearly enough to make an economic contribution to society. Most slaves(two-thirds to three quarters) picked cotton and tobacco. The literacy rates and productive skill set proficiency were very low for most freed slaves. As the vast majority of them lacked managerial capabilities in agriculture, their foray into sharecropping in the next 60-70 years met very limited success. They had never received the high levels of training needed to generate productive yields.

Pets cannot be released just like that. Neither can zoo animals be released into the wild just like that.POWs cannot be kicked out of prison without provisions of adjustment. There has to be a phase-in period! Yet there was none in the abolition of slavery. 

Slave owners, just like pet owners, were masters. However, they still had the responsibility to take care of their property. When Lincoln suddenly released the slaves, most salve owners felt they were absolved of that responsibility. They forced the slaves to leave as their farms and/or plantations were no longer normally producing because of the US Civil War and the Union blockade of the South.