The civil war was a war the temporarily split the unions, mainly all over slavery. The war resulted in the 13th amendment, end of slavery. Yet after they were free they were treated poorly, but they where not the only race experiencing this at the time. The Irish had immigrated to American during the great famine in Ireland. The Irish and African Americans were very different yet so similar at the same time. From African Americans being taken to America as slaves to the Irish being taken to America as indentured servants, they downgraded from the start by whites. Although the slaves had more worth in the eyes of white men due to them being valuable property.

The cotton gin and its affect on each race

The invention of the cotton gin has reimagined the cotton industry tremendously. It also affected the live of the slaves in some good ways but mainly bad ways. The cotton gin raised the amount of cotton without seeds for 1 pound a day to 50. This invention made the seed removal process faster and easier for the slaves. Despite that the increase of product produced a day created an increasing demand for more slaves. The number of slaves doubled 700,000 in the next two decades. Many of the new slaves where breed to be put up for sell. Many where separated from their family at a very young age. The cotton gin has create new cruel ways the white treated the Slaves by breeding them like horses.