During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and part of the Nineteenth Century the White people of North America used the Black people of Africa as slaves to benefit their interests. White people created a climate of superiority of their race over the black African race that in some places, still lingers on today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the African race. Through their actions and the political actions of President Lincoln …showed first 75 words of 1124 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1124 total…was not ready to see the Black Man armed and used as a soldier. Being the keen politician that Lincoln was he made a small step towards the inevitable. Lincoln declared a "general arming" could be used to employ the Blacks in security measures so they could further protect the lines of the Union Armies(1). This was the official beginning in the progression of the Black Man to becoming a soldier in the Civil War.