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Freeing the slaves was bad for business for the wealthy businessmen of America because they lost a vast source of free labor. But that didnt prevent them from discovering new ways to exploit the former slaves they have abused for more than two centuries because they still wanted no-cost workers and extra coins in their pockets.

So, American restaurants and rail operators embraced tipping because it enabled them to save money by hiring newly freed slaves to work for tips alone. The tipping system was explicitly designed to keep black people poor and supply rich white people with cheap labor.