Indentured Servants. These were people who worked for a certain number of years to pay for their voyage to America.
The excerpt above is part of the 14th amendment. This amendment was passed in 1868 and was supposed to help protect newly freed slaves. The goal in passing this was to ensure that African-Americans had the same legal rights as white citizens.
This due process clause has been used in several important Supreme Court cases to protect American citizens.
A contributing factor to louis XIV's power was creating a standing army
The Union Army was larger, and was able to draw on a far larger population for replacements. The Union Army had better artillery, and was able to manufacture their own artillery. The Union's forces were made up of a far larger percentage of immigrants, and in general had good junior and mid-level officers, and a lot of rather mediocre top level officers
