How “new” was the New South in terms of its labor conditions and its race relations?

Answer 1

Read this:

http://www.westga.edu/~hgoodson/Race Relations.htm

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Answer 2

The New South wasn't very different from the Old South. The only difference was that the former slaves and some freed men worked for tiny wages rather than being provided with life's necessities.