The End of Slavery

[cladking]

Young healthy freed slaves would have done alright but the children, old, and sick were at risk.

My guess is that these conditions didn't persist long but everyone in the south was hurting by the end of the war and many would be great risk and this would include everyone. Conditions in the north were near-normal except for spot shortages like sugar and tobacco (I believe). The percentage of young males killed in the war was just staggeing in the south but the north had a much larger population and fewer fatalities. Many families were virtually unaffected in the north but this would be rare in the south.