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US History 12 January 2018 The Effect of the Civil War on the African American Community In 1861 One of the most historically significant war erupted The Civil War In order to protect the practice of slavery 11 southern states separated themselves from the Union and formed their own country The Confederate States of America Abraham Lincoln The President at the time was willing to do anything to keep the union together and refused to recognize the Confederate states as an independent country resulting in war With slavery being one of the main causes of the war it is remembered mostly for the effect it had on the African American Community The North wasn t just fighting to keep the Union together they were fighting to end slavery When the war first started many free back men hurried to join the Union Army Abraham Lincoln skeptical at first with the fear that allowing Back men to serve in the Union Army would cause the border states to withdraw themselves from the Union However in 1862
