What effect did Reconstruction have on former slaves? Were they better off after Reconstruction than they were before the Civil War?

The reconstruction had a bad effect on the slaves. When they were freed they had no place to go, and they also had no money. And land owners knew that and took advantage of that. They gave the freed slaves land and gave them loans so that they could get money from the slaves. So because of that the slaves were better of before all this happen.