The Emancipation Proclamation didn't "free" Black people. It was to capitalize on the Black Economic Enterprise that was rising, and also to weaken it.
What "Black Economic Enterprise" was rising before Emancipation Proclamation? Where and what industries was this Black Economic Enterprise rising?
Especially when 4 Million Black people of the 4.5 Million Black People in America were enslaved in the South.
No, it didn't "free" the majority of Black people in the South -- cause they had no where to go -- nor anyone to hire them. Many were forced into contracts --- and killed when they refused.
- Freedman killed for refusing to sign a contract, Sumter Co., May. Freedman killed in Butler Co., clubbed, April.
- May 29 - Colored man killed by Lucian Jones for refusing to sign contract, in upper part of Sumter Co.
- May 29 - Richard dikk's wife beaten with club by her employer. Richard remonstrated - in the night was taken from his house and whipped nearly to death with a buggy trace by son of the employer & two others.
- June 1866 - Freedman shot while at his usual work by his employer for threatening to report his abusive conduct to the authorities of the Bureau - Mobile.
- July 16 - Mrs. Prus beat Eve & her children. Henry Calloway beat freedwoman Nancy with buck, wounding her severely in the head. J. Howard & nephew beat & shot at Frank. Jno. Black attempted to kill Jim Sneethen with an axe. Jack McLeonard whipped his freedwoman mercilessly. Lee Davidson tied freedwoman up by wrists & beat her severely. Frank Pinkston cutting freedman Alfred with knife. Louisa's husband murdered by unknown white man.
Here are thousands more all over the South:
Freedmen's Bureau Records Relating to Murders and Outrages | The Freedmen's Bureau Online
Whites were extra salty and demonic because they were now "free" -- and had to pay them. Many of them still didn't -- and killed them or beat them when they asked for their pay.
