The reconstruction affected the former slaves in many ways. Fore example, sharecropping. Ex slaves were granted a piece of land that they had to pay for. The land owners also charged interest. There were also disadvantages of the ex-slaves having a piece of land. Many of them would fall in debt because they would be lent tools and supplies that they could not afford to pay off. The ex-slaves were still being treated like slaves because the land owners were not paying them much money. Also, the ex-slaves were doing all the work for the land owners.
