Diversity & Demographics: Civil War

During the Civil War many African Americans were severely segregated from society, especially in the South which seceded from the United States in 1861,conpared to states in the North. During the upcoming and active years of the civil war, African Americans were strongly segregated compared to other races considering they made up much of the United States population at this time. Although, in the South Blacks as a whole were not accepted in society nor politically, as they were not citizens, according to the constitution whether or not they were a free man or woman. The United States did not see blacks as citizens before and during the civil war. Blacks were most likely slaves or very rarely free. In the North, still not considered citizens, African Americans were not slaves and slavery became illegal in the North after Lincoln became president. In Northern states, even though African Americans were free from slavery they were still not citizens and but socially accepted more than in the South. Throughout the United States African Americans were greatly segregated, until after the civil war in which African Americans began recieving rights, and became citizens. Before and during the civil war African Americans were the minority of the states and were commonly mistreated in society, and when they were given their rights after the civil war, segregation began to form in different ways than before. During the times of the Civil war the United States population was full of unhappy and segregated African Americans until they recieved their rights after the Civil war.