According to the article "A Bleak Future for Freedman" African Americans in the South faced challenges like not getting permanent homes or not getting any at all,the government pushing them to work for there enemies (white people), and the profits that they earned as slaves are going to their  former masters while they are left poor. It also shows the  beliefs of a former slave on how the government is treating them(former slaves). He says they  should help the former slaves who gave them such great farms in the South he also believes that the government should let them have homes of their own where they could earn a living and educate their children.