The United States of America originated as a slave society, holdingmillions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained sountil a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, so
The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves
In the aftermath of the Civil War, uncertainty was a pervasive feature of life in the South, affecting the economic behavior and social status of former slaves, Freedmen Bureau agents, planters, merch
