What effect did Reconstruction have on former slaves? Were they better off after Reconstruction than they were before the Civil War.

The Reconstruction had many effects on former slaves both good and bad.On one hand the slaves were free, on the other they did not have that much literacy knowledge,and slave owners would loose their workers.That caused a big problem for both slaves and slave owners.So from that problem came "Sharecroppers"a plan in which a slave owner would give the slave a piece of land in which he could grow crops.The slave would have to give a percentage of what he made in sells,also the slave owner would supply tools and other materials to grow the crops.The slave owner would charge an interest fee for the tool,they thought this would get them more money but all it did was cause dept.I believe that because the slave would have to pay so much money for their materials, they would barely make an income to give to their families.I also believe that what they went through was just as bad as slavery, because they wouldnt even make enough to move into their own home.