Somehow, I do not think your Social Order
worked well for those who were enslaved.
Have I ever defended slavery, no I have not. In fact, I've gone out of my way to ensure slavery is not the issue at all. The issue is, did the Union commit unsavory acts in achieving it's victory. Was Ben Butler out of line in his famous "women of New Orleans are whores" declaration. What kind of financial management, or lack thereof, led Mobile to a state of default in the 1870's, a default precipitated by Reconstruction officials.
I just know that if we had passively accepted the result of the war, chances are, we wouldn't have Mardi Gras today, it would have died out with so many other things that died out with the passing of the antebellum South. Luckily, no one had any interest in letting that happen, least of all pissed off ex-officers, so time marched on, we preserved carnival, and though we were set back 50 years by the death of the Cotton Kingdom, the port did eventually recover.
"Somehow I don't think your Social Order worked for those that were enslaved"
Come on,Paul,THOSE people just don't COUNT.