Reconstruction

Slavery was not completely abolished during the reconstruction era. Lincoln, who had the same point of view of the North, was against slavery but made the decision that African-American people could continue their work, as long as they were paid wages. Therefore, slavery faided out slower than it should have, and wasn't until later recognized for how horrible and wrong it actually was. Owning a person as their property was viewed as normal and perfectly acceptable until the Civil War. When the US worked on becoming a new place were equality was finally important, all people who were previous slave owners struggled with their new life of working for themselves. While doing this, white people had to work longer hours and spent more time slaving away like black people once had to. When the North began to take control of Southern territory, they destroyed more than they actually reconstructed. Some people's homes and property were destroyed. The most important part of this time was that slavery was finally coming to an end. Although the Civil War, in my opinion didn't resolve the majority of the problems, the North finally fought for as long as they needed, and until they won their battle to end slavery.