Most earned their wages much the same as before they were free; it's just that this time, they got payed and were their own 'Property', as opposed to a commodity owned by the plantation owner. They would probably do the same work, and in some cases, for the same person, as before.
They basically just started to slowly kill each other... haha im kiding they like did similar jobs like far work but the difference is now they got paid :)
They did not know how to live on their own.
freed people
A freedman was any freed black individual
Freedmen's Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau
The freedmen's bureau existed to assist newly freed slaves immediately after the Civil War. Many newly freed slaves suffered from the attempted intimidation by their former owners.
A freed slave in Rome was called libertus (freedman). There were scores of freedmen as the Romans were in the habit of freeing many of their slaves. Over time, given the number of slaves which were brought to Rome and that many Romans left the city, most of the population of the city of Rome were freedmen or their descendants.
Freed slaves were treated poorly after the Civil War. With the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, freedmen were usually terrorized. It was usually difficult for freedmen to get jobs as well.
It was where freed African Americans could go to get almost everything.
Its not who, but a bureau. Its called "Freedmen's Bureau"
Freedmen's Bureau
A slave who was just saved from slavery. <--- That is not right They called them " Freedmen". Then the Freedmen's Bureau is was basically the newly freed slaves government. They developed the Black codes that had 3 Main purposes for former slaves.
For the most part they were considered freed men until the 13 th Amendment abolishing slavery was passed at the end of 1865. After that they were called "Blacks".