Interesting how the slaves were freed, but... what next, they were given nothing, they were left to fend for themselves against a system that did nothing to protect or help them. 155 years of this treatment.

You have an individual that you claim as property, then you impart the human right of not living in captivity. But... you pack them up, kick them out of your house, where were they expected to go? What were they expected to do? They weren't even citizens of the country, although they were born there, their ancestors were stolen from their homeland, forced to live there, but... they were never citizens. Interesting. Talk about pulling yourself up your bootstraps, boots you didn't have...