Strings

 NY Times: On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached By Charles M. Blow

It would of course be completely understandable if, after being forced to work entirely for another’s gain for your whole life, the exercise of freedom that you might choose first would be a respite, and beyond that, you might decide who in your family should work outside the home and who in it. But that agency was largely denied to Black people.