What was the transition like over the years for slaves freed in 1865? If you were a young adult freed in 1865, what different paths could your future take?

After the American Civil War, slaves in the South had a few choices. They could make their way North, but many neither had the money or the drive to leave their homeland, beloved or not. What happened was former slave masters would employ former salves and make them very mush like indentured servants. White plantation owners would make Sharecropping very popular. Pickers would get payed for the crop, but money would not last long, and soon the pickers would be in debt. Freed slaves often wanted more rights, and land of their own, but this did not go well with the newly impoverished white land owners. Freed slaves often went to college and found a footing in society, but many were put in a similar situation akin to slavery. When the industrial revolution hit America many African Americans started working in factories. This situation sometimes lead to Northern race riots. After the civil war freed slaves had many more opportunities, but were often given the bad end of the stick.