Economically they were used as slaves by the whites to produce staffs, politically they had no right to vote, and socially they had no respect from the whites.
The freedom of african americans where socially limited as they where refrained from communicating to family they had in africa and from speaking back to there owners. Freedom for African americans was limited politically as they had no right to vote or speak up about what or who they thought should have been president. F<span>reedom for African americans was limited economically as they where only </span>allowed to do what told when it came to farming or living as most have to outside or do what ever they had to outside.
Not only were soldiers affected by the tragedies of the war, but civilians were affected also. It is estimated that approximately 5 million civilians died due to war-induced causes. The birth rate sharply declined during the war period as well.
