Emancipation was an economic boon for the North. It was the right thing to do sure but it also meant a new cheap labor force for the Northern factories. Black p

Emancipation was an economic boon for the North. It was the right thing to do sure but it also meant a new cheap labor force for the Northern factories. Black people left the cotton fields of the South for slums in the North. But at least they got payed now and were free.