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The America's civil war was fought in year 1861-1865.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The war was between the north and the south America. Basically the war broke out as a demand of freedom from the enslavement by black people. Besides Abraham Lincoln was elected as the president of the United States at that time giving hope to the black people to demand equal rights.
Therefore immense and grave war broke out between the armies of the black and white, thousands of people died. The war effectively got over.
However the war had a powerful impact on the country as well. Black people were freed from the enslavement and got equal rights in the country just like any other white person.
Johnathan Clarkson Gibbs went south and founded schools for African Americans.
Jonathan Gibbs was a Presbyterian minister and a prominent African-American officeholder during Reconstruction. He was a black activist and political leader. He was born to free parents, and received many educational opportunities in spite of being a black man during the 19th century which represented a great obstacle.
He became one of the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction.